Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Love Of My Life
He would have been 14 today…
This is Mykonos Kardis, or Myko as I fondly call him. He is truly the love of my life. When people ask me if I have children, I say two – there’s Myko and his wife, Althaea. Technically speaking, I only have one child left, but he will always be with me. There’s not a day that passes that I don’t think of him – the way he smiled, the way he made me smile, all the games we played, the jokes we shared. And he was such a great listener, too!
I miss him terribly. With his passing he took a huge part of me with him. But today, there will be no tears. It is his birthday after all! I will be watching videos of my little prince, sing him a happy birthday and blow out his candles for him. He did love cake.
To the love of my life, wishing you all the happiness in dog heaven!
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Do you know why he’s smiling? I have been out of town for 4 days at a conference in Cebu, and have just come back. He and Thaea were in the garage (Pinoys will know what I mean by this, or to non-Filipinos, that would be the equivalent of the front lawn). Soon as I opened the gate, he perched his feet on my thighs and my camera was ready to take a snap of his handsome face – beaming at me because he missed me as much as I missed him. The thing with Myko and Thaea, they’d miss me even if I was gone only for half an hour. And the feeling was mutual. And now I miss him more than ever.
I am many things - a life coach, a diversity champion, a freelance writer and translator, a dog lover, a citizen of the world, etc - but never thought of myself as a photographer. Norwich inspires me to capture snapshots of this fine Norman city. Take a trip down Norwich lanes or enjoy a walk in the park with me.
on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 2:07 am:
He would be up there looking down on his “mama” singing and watching the videos of him and he’d be happy.
What a gorgeous creature.
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on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 3:33 am:
He was a very happy dog!
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on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 4:53 am:
It is hard to lose a loved one…and dogs are special, for sure.
We had a dog that looked just like your Myko. Our teenage daughter brought him home and named him Casper. He’s gone, too.
Nice photo, and I hope you can find another dog that will also fill your heart with love.
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on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 6:12 am:
Beautiful photo of a merry dog.
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on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 11:50 am:
Happy birthday, Myko!
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on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 12:27 pm:
I hope your husband is not jealous !
Cute dog !
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on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 3:01 pm:
He looks so sweet!
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on Thursday, February 26th, 2009 at 8:21 am:
So sad, I hope you can find another one just like him.
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on Saturday, February 28th, 2009 at 1:35 am:
i am sorry to hear of the dog’s passing. that is why photographs are very important..to keep fresh the memory of stuff which has meaning to us.
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on Thursday, May 20th, 2010 at 2:18 am:
A Life Coach is sometimes very necessary so that we do not loose our way in our lives.:~:
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on Sunday, July 25th, 2010 at 7:20 pm:
a life coach is sometimes needed if you sort of lost direction in your life..”
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on Sunday, September 12th, 2010 at 2:52 pm:
i had a mid-life crisis and what i needed was a life coach:“
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