This is Fruitycake. Wow. When there is a heat wave in this Italy place, it means business. Not business for the afternoon. Because everything is closed then. But business you know what I mean.
We all have to know our limitations. Yes. This heat is hard for the persons especially because they have to be smart. They can’t do as much as they want to. Because heat can overtake you very fast. And then, well, it can be disastrous.
Although we always want to do our best, Brickle told me that when you don’t acknowledge your limitations, you hurt yourself. Just because you can’t do one thing doesn’t mean you can’t do another. He was very good at knowing what he could and couldn’t do as he got older.
And he taught me that I could not expect him to be able to do the things I could do. And vise versa. I learned patience by going at his pace. And he learned how to watch me enjoy the things that he used to and to take joy in that.
Friendship and family brings limitations too. By being very close with someone is enjoyable and wonderful, we only have so much time in our lives. Are the ones we are choosing to spend our time with worthy of that time? My raccoon is worthy of my time. For sure.
Oh, the lessons Brickle taught me are never ending. I’m so grateful that the two and half years I spent with him set me up for the rest of my life.
I’m learning how to do this blog by myself. And although I have the persons, I’m learning how to be a dog by myself right now. It is a lot to get used to. I miss Brickle more than anyone could ever know.
Just because I can’t say the words to the persons about how much I miss him, what do words really mean when someone you love is gone? We just have to get thru and move thru every wave of grief. We have to realize we can’t stay still in that wave. And somehow swim.
No. I still don’t like water. And well, I’ll leave that limitation I have for another day.
–Fruitycake
If you are still here with the 2 Traveling Dogs family, we want to thank you very much. Really, we can’t put into words how much we appreciate your kindness. Your generosity. Your love for our Brickle. You have kept us going thru some very dark days. And we are still working thru this grief. As you know, each day is different when your heart breaks for the ones you have loved and lost.
As we navigate the blog and our lives moving forward, we know the next month will be sort of a transition. We have the tile garden to build and we thank you for your patience. We are still slowly catching up on orders and book shipments. We sincerely apologize for the delay and will do our best moving forward.
We also will be pouring ourselves into our home renovation and hope you’ll join us as we make new videos every week. This is sort of a therapy to us. A way to honor Brickle and for this house to be HIS legacy.
Thank you for all that you are, 2 Traveling Dogs family. We read every message and email and comment. Expect to hear from us soon as we catch up.
Wow! I really hate that you’re having to deal with a heat wave. I hope you can get a little air conditioner for your house on the hillside. I know a lot of people there don’t use air conditioning, but the persons have a good excuse: They’re Americans from Florida. Enough said! I hope you three can find a way too keep cool, but do slow down on the hard work in the mean time.