[Artemisia] pets at events

[S CLEMENGER]

My cats have actually done the same (sort of thing) for me, Morgan, so I 
understand that level of sadness, and that level of commitment and love and 
thankfulness.  But I'm not such a special snowflake, ever, that I need them 
with me 24/7.....And that's the absurdity I was referring to.  Thank you for 
giving me the opportunity to clarify.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "morgan wolf" <morganblaidddu at yahoo.com>
To: "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list" <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] pets at events



----- Original Message ----
> From: S CLEMENGER <sclemenger at msn.com>
> To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 8:23:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] pets at events
>
> companion and therapy? oh sweet jaysus on a pogo stick! That's absurd.
> --Maire

No, it really isn't. Even though I have not asked my doctor to prescribe a 
companion/therapy dog for me, my dog has, on three separate ocassions, 
stopped me from swallowing all of my meds at once so that I don't have to 
fight with the SSA anymore, simply by standing on my lap, front paws on my 
chest, and looking me in the eye. That is one of the primary purposes of 
companion and therapy dogs/pets for disabled people- someone (my Cardhu is 
NOT a "something") who loves us no matter what, and depends on us to take 
care of them. When you hit rock bottom, that little tilt of the head and 
lick on the cheek can make the difference between holding on for one more 
day or giving up entirely. Being one not-very-large step above rock bottom, 
I can say that from experience.

Morgan