DD...........

[PattyInAK]

.........I am not one to rush into unpacking and I still have boxes from our move to our new house almost two years ago.  But recently I moved all the boxes OUT of my pantry and guest room and into the garage.  I thought I would come across the portrait of Domingo that you painted, but I didn't find it.  I have been in a panic.  I knew that I would have taken good care of it.......I would have packaged it up  and guarded it very carefully during the move.  It wasn't with any of my other wall hangings.  I thought that it might be in the loft in the barn cause that was the only place I hadn't looked, and it bothered me to think it had been out there in a box with all that dust and everything else.  But then I got to thinking real hard about where I could have put it.  Ah ha!  Found it carefully wrapped in plastic and on the top shelf in the master bathroom linen cabinet.  WHEW!  I was so relieved.  If I had done something to ruin that portrait I would have never, ever forgiven myself.  I now recall that it was one of the first things moved to the new house, just so that it wouldn't get damaged.  Its my prized possession.

[Dee Dee and Hallie]

Oh man Patty, I can just imagine how you felt! (TWO years??? Already?). I am glad you found it, that was actually a very smart place to put it! I am always putting things in a "safe place"...never to find them again until one day when I least expect it. LOL. It makes me feel good to know it is special to you...I know you were in a world of hurt when you lost Domingo. I just wish I could have met him (and had a photo shoot!) in real life.

[PattyInAK]

DD, I still hurt over the loss of Domingo, and its been 5.5 years.  The portrait made a particularly sad anniversary very special because it told me that someone really undestood and cared.  And I thank you for that.  The portrait means the world to me.