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nita
Social climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Nov 22, 2009 - 03:37pm PT
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Hey Doug, sweet pictures of Summit;-)....
Please tell The Doctor ...Hi .
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Nov 22, 2009 - 04:10pm PT
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That pup has one infectious smile! It is no wonder that you miss her. It was good you found each other. Her life was better because you were in it, and yours is better because she is in it.
Cheers Nature.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 22, 2009 - 06:28pm PT
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Hey Doug
Hope you're doing okay.
Hang in there.
Best,
Steve
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 22, 2009 - 07:57pm PT
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Steve (and everyone),
that's what i'm trying to relate. I am OK. It's emotional but it's time to move my energy of grief to the energy of the love I have for her and remember her for the amazing being she was. It's transformative.
yeah... her smile is infectious. she was the best dog ever.
Sita has a neat little personality she's developing. She was kind enough to share it with me and a friend last night :-)
blue... i'm glad you got to share that day with her.
nita, will do!
om shanti,
doug
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That's Papajoto to you son!!!!!
Social climber
Oatmeal Arizona
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Nov 23, 2009 - 11:23am PT
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I remember when Summit first learned to swim at the Winslow Wall.
PJ
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 23, 2009 - 11:42am PT
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yo Joto...
can you tell what you remember about that day? i started writing her story. i forgot you were there for that. If I recall correctly I doubted her ability to swim - i expected her to sink :-).
She started to paddle with her butt sunk and water was splashing in her face. She didn't like that. Then she somehow raised her butt to float and started cruising.
I told the story to Milo last night about the number of times I'd swim in and out of there with her. Such sweet memories...
the best dog ever...
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Nov 23, 2009 - 03:48pm PT
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I read a book last week, A Soldier of the Great War, which unfolds as the story told to a young man by an old one. The narrator recalls many people who mattered in his life, most of them gone now and living only in his memory. But by telling their stories he is passing those memories on, so they might continue into the future.
Writing about Ms. Summit sort of echoed that idea, of keeping those we miss alive in memories.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 26, 2009 - 03:30pm PT
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I continue to write.
I traveled to Florida yesterday to be with my family. We began opening presents around 15 minutes to midnight.
A large box sat in the corner. it was for me. They were saving it for last.
In it were two wrapped gifts.
The first was a box of tissues.
This is the second:
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Dec 26, 2009 - 03:36pm PT
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We all miss your pup, Doug.
Nice pic!
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 26, 2009 - 03:41pm PT
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I continue to write.
I traveled to Florida yesterday to be with my family. We began opening presents around 15 minutes to midnight.
A large box sat in the corner. it was for me. They were saving it for last.
In it were two wrapped gifts.
The first was a box of tissues.
This is the second:
(reposting to bump to top of page)
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Dec 26, 2009 - 03:53pm PT
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Ohhhhh.... that is lovely, Nature. Summit was a beauty on earth, and her beautiful soul still shines.
Glad your plane finally got off the ground yesterday!
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Dec 26, 2009 - 04:01pm PT
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Honoring your loss and hoping it's not too irreverent to repost a poem I heard in a cartoon...
Meditations on Turning Eight
by Lisa Simpson
I had a cat named Snowball
She died! She died!
Mom said she was sleeping
She lied! She lied!
Why oh why is my cat dead?
Couldn't that Chrysler hit me instead?
I had a hamster named Snuffy
He died...
(at this point, Homer interrupts and the rest of the poem is unheard)
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 26, 2009 - 04:06pm PT
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i can't wait to show NAtalie!
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 26, 2009 - 04:14pm PT
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that made me smile, Karl.
I'll take better pictures when I get it home. that one is from my iPhone.
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Dec 26, 2009 - 08:05pm PT
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that's beautiful
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pyrosis
Trad climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Dec 26, 2009 - 08:36pm PT
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that made me cry and i never even met your dog.
i hope it is true, that all dogs go to heaven, or to big bright fields somewhere beyond, with fresh breeze and rabbits to chase.
RIP Ms Summit
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Reeotch
Trad climber
Kayenta, AZ
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Dec 26, 2009 - 09:00pm PT
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What an awesome gift, doug.
Y'know, I miss her too, and I'm sure that Aussie was looking for her the last couple of times out.
I'll still never forget the time she scaled a 15' vertical wall that I couldn't even top out with climbing shoes on.
Totally burned off by a dog!
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 6, 2010 - 02:07am PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there nature.... say, oh my.... such a lovely gift... thank you for sharing with us...
such a very kind family to do this...
hold strong, there, nature...
god bless
:)
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 6, 2010 - 02:19am PT
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