Two days before Christmas, my fiance lost the best friend she ever had -- her companion of 12 years. I might be her fiance, but Dottie, a rescue dalmatian/pit mix, was her soulmate.
Creativity is one form of healing. So are signs. Shortly after Dottie left us, a friend in Oregon found a dalmatian/pit mix on Facebook from a rescue group in Tennessee, hours from being put down from a high-kill shelter in North Carolina. Her name was Bama -- and yes, that's where we live. Within two weeks, Bama was hers and Lisa felt Dottie had sent her.
In the meantime, Lisa made one final goodbye to the love of her life, who has her final rest feet from our house so she can watch over us. Whether she wins or not isn't important. The love behind it is.