reenie; awesome tribute !

reenie....gosh...i came home tonite to the mail on the table and my lifestyles magazine and before i could even open it i thought about you and sophie-and wondered if there would be a picture of your beautiful girl--i was so disappointed to find your article almost on the back cover! i do not wish to bring up anything painful...i wanted to say what a beautiful tribute to your beautiful companion...and now that it is in print she will live forever! the love that you two old ladies shared is so much truer by you writing before her passing. had you waited, the emotions would be different... am i making sense? thank you for sharing sophie with us.......

Margo, of course you make perfect sense and thank you for this. I am so happy I wrote that article - which really was inspired by that one happy moment of unbridled joy Sophie and I shared together on that walk. I remember coming home, going into the house and relaying the story to my family, and then saying, "Oh, if we could only bottle these moments, the world would be a different place." Sophie's death was actually broadcast on the evening news last night in CT - I wish I could share a photo with you, but at the spot where she lay dying (remember, she didn't die on impact, she stayed alive and fully conscious until the vet put her down and he said he could not understand how it was possible that she was alive), there is the unmistakable image of a heart created by the very little amount of blood she lost. I have a picture of it and it's uncanny. I truly believe Sophie tried waiting for me - and I was only hours away from her; and when she realized I would not make it in time, she left me her heart. I miss her so very, very much. By the way, I like where my Living Normal column is placed in the magazine - it's the last thing people see before they put their copy away; I can only hope I am helping someone somewhere with my little stories. Thanks sweetie. Love to all, M.

I have not seen the magazine nor read the articule but am working at trying to find one. I know that it is as special as you and sophia are. As someone who works in advertising the back of a magazine is prime location. Usually advertising will cost more to be placed in that position.