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I spend most of my time playing alpha female for my pack of dogs. Lucy (Boston terrier), Harley (chihuahua). Hershey (miniature dachshund) and Jasper (standard schnauzer) are my entertainment and sometimes muses. Jasper is a puppy mill rescue dog and I'm in the intital stages of writing a series of vignettes of his life since the rescue contrasted with eduaction about rescues and puppy mills. I do actually have other interests than writing and my dogs. I love to scrapbook, watch ice hockey, listen to a variety of music genres and reading. My parents both were avid readers and passed that love on to me. I'll read a cereal box if you set it in front of me!
Goodbye Mom
Goodbye Mom

She lies in pain,
she suffers.
Mind comes and goes.
Eyes clear then glassy.
What is she thinking?
What does she feel?
All the signs--
death is coming.
I see the shadows
surround her,
waiting.
Nurses flit in and out.
Family and friends
gather, not knowing
what to say or do.
All leave and the room
is empty except
for Mom and me.
I have mere moments
alone with her.
I talk to her,
tell her it's okay
to let go.
My sister comes back,
just a mother and her girls.
Soul wrenching cry,
then she is free.
You could see wings
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