Interpretive Dance

We've been listening to a lot of ColdPlay around here lately, and the kids took it upon themselves to create this dance. Lauren is the ringleader, of course, and Ethan follows her moves (for now). Check this out. I think it's actually kind of neat. We've had multiple performances and this isn't exactly the best, but Lauren just started taking ballet and had put a lot of her moves into some of the other versions.

A new post...

Our blog needs a new post. I sure wish I had something fabulous to post. However, we're just getting by around here. I am taking things day by day without our Em. It's been really hard, and I'll leave it at that. Some of you may have seen the photo tribute to Emma I did on facebook. I'm going to make that and some other photos into a nice leatherbond album for her. She was such an extraordinary dog. Here is a fun picture of our family movie night, "Horton Hears a Who." It just happens to be Emma's last night with us. She loved popcorn, so I'm so glad she got her favorite on her last night. I'm going to post a funny video of the kids next.

Emma's Final Chapter

I need to keep this brief, but wanted to update. Our Emma is gone. Her fight is over. We had a difficult night last night with her, and she gave us a sign that now was the time. She was bleeding internally, in her GI tract. This was all due to complications with the disease itself, medications, and her platelets being low, etc etc. We knew this because of the bloody stool in our bedroom last night at 1:30 am and in the yard at 3:10 am, I think? We confirmed with our Dr. this morning that the best course of action was to let her go, so today we did. The decision was made with much clarity. We don't need reassurance that we did the right thing, because we know we did. The sparkle was gone out of those beautiful brown eyes. She went to sleep so peacefully, and much to our surprise, we felt a great deal of relief at that moment. Of course now that we're home, other emotions are taking over. We were very honest with our children. They don't exactly know that it was our decision, but they know that her heart couldn't beat any longer, that today she was going to die, and that she couldn't overcome her illness. They said goodbye to her, but it's clear that they don't understand the true implications of what took place today. That is all for now. We will will miss you like crazy, Poo Bear.