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Jassper le Boof on February 28, 2009 – He didn’t like being behind a barricade, but he was trying to be Cute & Lovable.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Cathi realized that all the pets have been effected by Max’s kicking off his earthly shell and charging off into the next world. Late last evening Jassper went looking for his usual number of stainless steel bowls to play hockey with on the living room floor and drive ‘mommy’ nuts with – barking, jumping around and making lots of noise as he narrates his mock games with the Boof equivalent of “Boof Boof Scores!” — But there was one bowl missing.<\/p>\n Moe and Domino on the window seat enjoying the sleeping bag Domino decided was his, back in Arnprior. – Photo borrowed back from MySpace –<\/em> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n This morning Moe l’Orange didn’t have much of an appetite for his wet food. So I brought his leftovers down to Domino, didn’t even realize Boof had followed me, and I put the bowl on top of the dresser that Jassper might be able to reach, if he really stretches- but what shocked me, is when Domino went to sniff the wet food in the bowl, Jassper growled, like he was telling him that that was Max’s, leave it alone. I turned and yelled at Jassper to cool it, “Chill!”<\/p>\n & I could almost go into shock when I realize how deeply I’ve been effected by this. I mean, when a human dies, even someone very close, we seem to go into a cloud of ‘shock’, disbelief and un-reality.<\/p>\n Last Saturday, the 22nd, the day before Max left us, I just happened to tune in to my old radio station, WPKN.org\u00a0 \/ wpkn.fm and listened to Annette Sz- read from one of her favourite books written by a Buddhist nun. Annette read a passage in which the nun described the shock she and her friends went through when their ‘Guru’ and inspiration died suddenly. She said that being as spiritual as they were, someone was shocked at how deeply their suffering was as they mourned. Someone else came up with the explanation that as they opened their heart centres through their daily attempts to practice deep meditation, they also tore away the protection that ‘normal people’ had and opened themselves to deep and powerful emotional responses in the moment. – Wow – So, Annette and the Universe got that right. Funny how we rarely have anything give us support and glimpses of what might be coming our way ahead of time. Thank you, Annette- Thank you, ‘Universe’ –<\/p>\n “Keeping Humans on track is such exhausting business-“<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n =====<\/span><\/p>\n \n From the Archives : Aerendel News & Reviews:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n { The first several attempts at using a theme I could live with failed – And then I found this “Lord Of The Rings” Theme – & that worked. } Yay-<\/p>\n \u2014\u2013Jim<\/p>\n =====<\/p>\n \n ———jda——<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 -( 13\u00b0C \/ 55\u00b0F – Cloudy & very wet out there @ 10:45 am in Atlantic Canada )- Cathi realized that all the pets have been effected by Max’s kicking off his earthly shell and charging off into the next world. Late last evening Jassper went \u2026 Continue reading ![\"Cats\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/dustbin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Moe-Domino-300x300MySpace.jpg?resize=317%2C240\")
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