Author: dawnkinster
I'm a long time banker having worked in banks since the age of 17. I took a break when I turned 50 and went back to school. I graduated right when the economy took a turn for the worst and after a year of library work found myself unemployed. I was lucky that my previous bank employer wanted me back. So here I am again, a long time banker. Change is hard.
Change Is Hard 
August 17, 2022 at 10:32 am
this smile…
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August 17, 2022 at 10:55 am
I know. I am looking through pictures and I realize the last couple years she didn’t smile much. I feel sad about that. But I’m glad we had so many happy years and wonderful adventures too. I sure miss my little girl.
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August 17, 2022 at 10:41 am
Something about Katie’s little feet (paws) always made me smile.
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August 17, 2022 at 10:56 am
She had grinch feet if we didn’t get the fur trimmed regularly. Our previous sheltie, Bonnie, didn’t grow grinch fur between her toes like the Princess did. She would get so embarrassed about her feet…my girl…
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August 17, 2022 at 10:52 am
Such a pretty pose!
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August 17, 2022 at 10:57 am
She loved to pose back in the day when she could hear me and when she expected a treat for working. The camera loved her. So did I.
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August 17, 2022 at 11:24 am
There is no doubt about that! The mutual love thing.. xo
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August 17, 2022 at 11:04 am
So pretty! Love the tilt of the head.
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August 17, 2022 at 1:35 pm
I loved her head tilt too. I didn’t get that for the last few years because once she went deaf I couldn’t toss out the “treat?” word to get her response of a head tilt. I missed that
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August 17, 2022 at 11:31 am
Hey, Pretty Princess! Good to see a photo of you again. Dawn, she was such a special girl, and I know you miss her terribly. You can tell she was a happy, well-cared-for (pampered) princess, and she makes all the background scenery blush!
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August 17, 2022 at 1:38 pm
She was a very happy girl. I look through pictures now and see that she was NOT happy for longer than I realized at the end. I thought I had let her go too soon…but I wasn’t really seeing the truth, which is she was pretty sad most of the time since her gall bladder surgery and then the kidney disease which was about a year. We still had adventures. And she was still beautiful, but I don’t see many images of her with a spark in her eye or a smile on her face. That makes me incredibly sad. Sometimes I think we were so focused on trying to get her to eat, trying to get her to stay longer with us that we didn’t see the fact that she was tired. She didn’t want to leave us, even the day that she did, and that made me sad too. But I’m willing to bet she’s got the spark back in her eye and she’s grinning now that she’s over the bridge and her tummy isn’t hurting anymore.
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August 17, 2022 at 3:08 pm
Dallas had the kidney disease, too, and I can see a definite decline in his later pictures. You’re right: it’s like the happy spark had just gone out of him. In fact, the very last photo I took of him — right before we went to the vet’s office — still brings tears to my eyes. Our dogs are just so stoic. They don’t want to disappoint us and so they hide their pain. I’d have kept him with me longer, but I didn’t want him to cross the Bridge on Domer’s birthday (which was a few days later). The vet agreed and assured me it was the right time. It’s never the “right time” for us humans though. Hugs from one who truly understands.
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August 17, 2022 at 6:53 pm
thank you
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August 17, 2022 at 11:52 am
hugs
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August 17, 2022 at 1:38 pm
Thank you. My eyes are leaking again. Darn it.
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August 17, 2022 at 1:26 pm
Beautiful Katie.
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August 17, 2022 at 1:39 pm
Yes….she sure was. She was 3 here…such a happy time in her life.
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August 17, 2022 at 3:40 pm
Such a sweet girl! I am sure she is full of joy now and will be beside herself when you are all reunited.
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August 17, 2022 at 6:53 pm
I know she’s happy now, though I like to think she misses me a little bit because I sure miss her every moment of the day.
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August 18, 2022 at 1:34 am
She misses you MADLY!!! Just like you miss her. And she loves you every bit as much as you love her. No doubt about it.
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August 18, 2022 at 5:16 pm
Such a little Sparkler. I know how much you miss that girl.
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August 18, 2022 at 5:47 pm
I sure do Like you miss your Misty girl.
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August 18, 2022 at 6:31 pm
That tilt and that smile! Hugs to you!
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August 18, 2022 at 8:59 pm
Thank you!
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August 20, 2022 at 7:23 am
Hugs. ❤
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August 20, 2022 at 11:29 am
Thank you. Can’t get my eyes to stop leaking.
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August 20, 2022 at 12:35 pm
Aww, what a beautiful memory, Dawn! Katie was a looker, grinch feet and all 🙂
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August 20, 2022 at 1:00 pm
She sure was. Still is, I’m sure, wherever she is roaming now.
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August 24, 2022 at 7:09 am
🤗🥰🤗🥰🤗
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August 24, 2022 at 3:13 pm
thank you
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