YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE...

While we are still in 

the throes of winter...

and sunshine, literally, 

may be hard to come by...

we can always find 

some brightness

 by basking in the light of

those we love and 

taking pleasure in all that 

we are blessed with.

My all time favorite photograph

 is of Jake and the Captain 

at Jake's first Easter egg hunt. 

 By this time,

 the Captain had already 

seen a few!...

...now,

 here they are:  

One just turned 80 years old 

and one will be graduating in June

 with his masters degree...

You've come a long way

baby(s)...

My dear sister, Sid,

 by the time she reads this,

 will be through

 with her radiation treatments and 

will be free and clear

 from breast cancer. 

  

I finally splurged 

and bought some down-filled pillow inserts.

  Now my cheap (under $5) pillow covers 

look like a

 million bucks!

Since Kai came into our lives 

and brought so much needed sunshine, 

along with a couple of cases of sun burn,

 we have known that

 he had an issue of weakness 

in his hind quarters.

 He came out of a shelter 

and we weren't privvy to 

what he could have possibly endured 

in his early life.

  

Was he mistreated,

 or in an accident, 

or is it his genetic makeup,

 because of

 his short legs and longer body?

We really can't know for sure 

but the problem is increasing.

 We took him to the vet 

when his back legs became weak 

and were dragging when he walked. 

 We could tell it was painful for him.

 After x-rays, 

we learned that he has a lot of 

arthritis throughout his spine 

and seven vertebrae affected 

with some almost fused together.  

He is now on pain meds 

that seem to be doing well for him and, 

hopefully, this will last.

  He is about nine years old, 

has a heart murmur 

and any surgery 

would be very intense.

He is a happy little guy

 and still brings 

so much joy and light 

into our lives and 

we shall see where this goes for now.

Along with a

 "bobble head"

 he now has...

...a 

"wobble butt".

All these things 

keep the sun shining

 in our lives and

 will continue to make us happy 

even when 

the gray skies are gone.

In the meantime...

Butterscotch Bunny 

wishes you all,

 my dear sunshiny friends,

Happy St. Patrick's Day.

...Judy...

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