The precious gift our pets give us is unconditional love, so rarely available from our human companions. No wonder their loss affects us so deeply!
In my sadness, I reached out to my fellow quilters in the Stashbusters group. I have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from these wonderful women, all of them total strangers to me.
Though Mallory was just a tiny little pooch, losing her has left an enormous hole in my heart. All the kind expressions of sympathy offered by family, friends, and the quilting community have shown me that there is an infinite supply of love in the world, more than enough to fill that hole, if I just leave my heart open.