I wanted to post these photos of the bears Holly made for us as soon as I could! The navy blanket portion of the bears was a blanket that belonged to the puppy we brought home about this time last year.
We had this little blanket from the day we brought Boaz home. It’s amazing it survived. That puppy ate everything in sight. But never this blanket. (Never *this* blanket…)
No time to post the whole story now, but Boaz was “put down” just before Christmas last year. He was not quite eight months old. The vets (numerous vets…) and the veterinary neurologist (before December I had no idea there was such a creature as a neurologist for animals) assured us we did everything we could for our puppy. We just couldn’t let him continue to suffer with numerous seizures daily and aggressive behavior in between. It was clear he was in pain when he was awake. So much pain. It was traumatic for us all.
When I saw Holly’s cottage industry, Huggable Memories, at Seeking Faithfulness, I finally knew just what to do with that blanket. With Holly’s creativity and skill, and some extra cream colored fleece I sent along, she stretched the material to make two bears for us
Thank you, Holly!
Highly recommended!
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2 responses so far ↓
Holly // May 8, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Oh my goodness. Gracious! Your girls are so precious. ((girls!)) ((Kari!))
Kari - I just want to encourage you to not be discouraged over the food thing. It IS hard, at first, especially when you don’t feel well as you mentioned. Start with you - at least - if you don’t feel that you can emotionally handle the transition for the girls right away. When you feel better you will have enough impetus to help the girls. It IS worth it. You won’t be able to believe what FOOD can or cannot do in our bodies!
The other thing to do is to find at least a few things you can eat (uh…not possum. I’ve had that before. It’s horrible.) and stick with them while you find your footing. You WILL branch out and find things to eat. Someday, you will be surprised at the choices. (But that might take several months.) I think we ate corn chips for the first several weeks after Josiah’s diagnosis with wheat intolerance. But eventually, I became so thankful for a healthier diet.
Love and hugs - and a huge thank you!
p.s. I LOVE your post on Mother’s Day and Forgiveness. I’m going to link to it tomorrow.
Holly // May 9, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Kari,
The book came today. Thank you so much, sweet friend, for thinking of me. (And I’m not writing just because of the post below. GRIN!) I’m writing because you are so sweet and thoughtful…
Love to you -
Holly
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