[Gpdd] Announcement ~ Brownie Bear has gone Home

[judith sharamitaro]

I've been a member of the gpdd community for quite a few years now, and a 
lot of us digesters have gone through quite a bit together ~ a lot of joy, 
fun, support,and unfortunately, a lot of loss.

As the years have gone by, and I have had my own losses, I have found it 
increasingly difficult to hear of the loss of our furry friends.  For those 
of us that are "pig people", guinea pigs aren't covered simply by the term 
"pet".  They are a part of who we are ~more like our smiles, our dreams, and 
our big toes than like a "pet".  The loss of such a kindred spirit is 
monumental.

Brownie Bear was more than Leah's Brownie Bear ~ she was a part of all of 
us.  Through Leah's vivid images, we all knew and loved her like our own.  
We laughed over her antics, we worried when she was sick, we  fretted over 
her weight and water intake...but mostly we laughed.

It seems to me the sun is shining a little less brightly today, and the 
birds sound a bit less chipper.  A light, whose rays filled the souls of so 
many, has gone dark.

But we are all the better for having the joy of knowing her.  And while we 
are sad, and will be for a time, we also are so blessed to carry some of 
Brownie Bear's light within us.

So after you have a cry over the sorrow of losing Our Miss Brownie Bear, and 
after we cry for Leah, Blaine, and Butterscotch, please do one thing as a 
tribute to her.  Please remember the joy and humor Brownie Bear brought into 
the world, and laugh.

I think she'd like that.



                    Judi, the Haypile Honeys, and the Baggins and Gamgee 
Boys
                              www.art4animals.blinkz.com/

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