--- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Three weeks ago, for my birthday, my wife and kids
> got me a little 
> yellow sided conure (a small, new world parrot).  At
> about 12 weeks old 
> she isn't quite full grown yet.  She was hand
> raised, and is 
> affectionate, mischievous, curious, and altogether
> endearing...
> 
> But also as I write, my 13 year old dog Lucky lies
> in a cage at the Vet 
> hospital, breathing hard from the fluid collected in
> her lungs, barely 
> able to stand or walk, and low in spirit... She's 
> been such a good dog - 
> smart, affectionate, playful...
> 
> So new life and the awful specter of death.  Does
> one offset the other? 

I have to believe so, but the loss always leaves at
least a little scar on the heart...I still miss each
of the animal companions who shared their too-short
lives with me.

Debbi

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