Its always hard when a loved one passes,But a mom is special .I miss mine also.she has been gone 10 years though .I have also lost a son and just a year and a half ago my husband I am usually sad on may occasions..Luckily I have my daughter  and my grandson ,they bring me joy.
Just think of the wonderful times to help you get through. Have a good day,Michelle.

Lovely portrait of you and your Mom.

Good Morning Michelle, Yes Sadye is doing well. I will have to take her back next week to get her stitches out. She won't be happy but I think they are kind of pulling at times, as I see her trying to scratch her chest with back leg, so I have putting some Neosporin on it to help ease the discomfort. Molly is also doing well, we take her back mid May to do that test to test for Cushings. So more waiting for real answers. We are in for some severe weather here today, we have already had one severe thunderstorm to move through this moring, expecting more throughout the day, so we hunkering down and staying in. Happy to hear you have a lovely sunny day to enjoy before a cool rainy time. I hope your appointment goes well. How are the girls, any improvement on Pipers potty training outdoors? I hope so. Love up them, sending love and hugs!

Thanks for spotting our Okapi.

Hi, Michelle.  Update on Sandy.  All this time I thought Sandy was having trouble with her intestines.  I guess Don didn't listen very well?  Anyway, it was her uterus.  They did remove something and it appears not to be cancer but they will know in a week.  The nurse told her it didn't look like a cancer, so Sandy is relieved.    xxx

Thank you again Michelle for the extra prayers for us, especially Sadye. Yes the critter issue will need to be addressed. Hopefully it won't carry on tonight, we both sure could use a good nights sleep tonight. I don't know why our little babies think they are 6 foot tall and bullet proof. But they take job serious, protecting the pack. I was surprised to hear the noise, haven't heard anything all winter...I would have thought they want to be outside by now, with the warmer temps. I'm glad you updated on the bees, I was wondering about them recently but I must have forgotten to ask. I hate to hear that they all died. How discouraging to hear. I bet Larry was really disappointed. Glad to hear you can still harvest the honey, so all is not lost. I know this winter has been hard on so many things. I wasn't sure some of my perennials survived the winter, the growth has been stunted for sure. So we will see, with the drought last summer, the hard winter, and still have a drought deficit hopefully they will snap out of it. Sadye is still doing well. She got to go the farm, and see Molly and enjoy some fresh air. Love up on the girls, sending love and hugs!

Good Morning Michelle, Sadye update....she seems to be doing fine. She was a bit anxious yesterday but seems better today. We had a restless night, She got me up and had to potty, then there a mouse, because we could hear it. She was on high alert....so we didn't get much sleep. So need to address the critter issue or there were going to be many sleepless nights. She has never caught a mouse, but if  she hears one or sees one she is on high alert. Too funny. Thank you for the continued prayers. Hope you had a good day. Love up on the girls, sending love and hugs!

Good Morning Michelle, thank you for the extra prayers. The dental thing was a last minute decision. Sadye has/had skin tags all over her little body. Last year I had a large one removed off of her back, it didn't cause any issues but was big and when I brushed her I was afraid I would pull so I had it removed. She had one on her chest and she has been getting caught and I would notice it was oozing and bleeding, well the other night I noticed a bit of blood on her cooling pad, so I looked and once again she had torn it and it had been bleeding. So I was concerned it get torn, and bleed badly, or infection, so I took her yesterday and the vet said she needed a dental too, so was able to do all yesterday so it was last minute decision, but she was going to be sedated anyway so we did it all. Continued below

Last year she had one tooth pulled, none this year. I know bad teeth can cause real issues and make our fur babies really sick if not treated, so I had it done. We did get a good nights sleep, she has had her breakfast and her meds this morning, so going to keep her fairly quiet today. Oh poor Max, I agree with you that he will probably be better having them pulled, I know there is nothing more painful than mouth pain. I will be sending up extra prayers for him. Molly seems to be ok. We take her back in a few weeks and possibly do that test to determine if she has Cushings disease or not. We also going to have a beautiful day here. It would be a nice day to take Sadye for a walk but I need to keep her quiet. I hope you can take the girls for a walk. Are they doing better with the split lead? How is the potty training going with Piper? I hope you have a good day. Love up on the girls. Sending love and hugs!

Just an update on Sadye. She did fine. They removed two skin tags one on her chest, one between toes, they did her dental and thankfully they didn't have to remove any teeth. She is glad to be home. Just have to keep her kind of still, antibiotics and pain medication. Her sutures will come out in 2 weeks. I was glad they were able to work her in and get it taken care of. I was worried about that getting torn off, or even worse an infection. So now I have her home we are chilling and taking it easy. Hope you are doing well. Have a great rest of your week. Love up on the girls. Sending love and hugs!