by admin | Mar 20, 2018 | Lessons From Brutie and Hope
“Today we lost the heart of our family. We are struggling to recover our breath.” I want to thank God for giving us 14 wonderful years with Brutie. We adopted him in November 2003 and he blessed our lives beyond our wildest imagination: He brought us his boundless joy...
by admin | Mar 10, 2018 | Lessons From Brutie and Hope
For the last year-and-a half, I had the honor and privilege to focus the bulk of my time and attention on caring for my aging Brutie Boy. I had no idea that God would use those experiences to teach me lessons about myself and principles of life, love, hardship, death,...
by admin | Sep 21, 2016 | Lessons From Brutie and Hope
Many of us are “living in chaos” – caring for elder animals, elder parents, special needs children, loved ones who have Alzheimer’s, cancer, and a myriad of life-threatening or debilitating illnesses. The needs of these loved ones impose a kind of chaos into our lives...
by admin | Dec 3, 2014 | Lessons From Brutie and Hope
Eleven years ago, my husband, our cat, and I moved into our beautiful new house. Having lived in an apartment for many years, I was thrilled to finally have a big, safe backyard for him. Five days after we moved in, our beloved fifteen-year-old cat died. Apparently,...
by admin | Oct 2, 2014 | Lessons From Brutie and Hope
October 18, 2013 TONIGHT, AT 8:15 P .M., MY HUSBAND AND I WERE driving home from dinner. We stopped at a red light. Because it was a warm night my passenger window was rolled down. It was then that I heard the desperate screaming of a cat that was trapped in the...
