Comments on: Slice of Life, Chapter 23

By: GirlGriot

GirlGriot — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:48:18 +0000

Bella and Coltrane … great names for pets. This is a lovely piece, very touching. As I sit here with my two crazy, uber-affectionate, almost-year-old kittens, I remember all my companions past who are now in cat or dog heaven.
–Stacie

By: blink

blink — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:37:16 +0000

Poignant slice. Leave it to Cynthia Rylant to add some solace. We don’t always think about how kids, even when young, hang on to thoughts, how they are constantly working to make sense of things, or how important it is to be there when they need to talk about these things. Your story showed all that.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:28:35 +0000

Kids are truly amazing…great story. Very touching.

By: pati

pati — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:10:54 +0000

We have lots of pets in Dog Heaven. I love the idea that they are running and having fun. Thanks for sharing a great conversation.

By: Jules

Jules — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:18:43 +0000

What a bittersweet post – so wonderful and sad all in the same breath – exactly how life feels sometimes.

By: darkstar11

darkstar11 — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:34:57 +0000

Sorry to hear about Bella. A great book to read about the meaning dogs bring into our lives is by Mark Doty — “Dog Years.” It’s a beautiful, passionate book about dogs, despair, hope, moving on…yeah, I loved it.

By: Mathew

Mathew — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:38:23 +0000

Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming.

I think of Smokey still after eight years.

By: Juliann

Juliann — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:30:03 +0000

This one hits home. We had to put our 17 year old dog down this fall and it was so hard. Our daughter was at college so we had to figure how to tell her over the phone and even though she knew this day was coming when she returned to school in August, it was harder than I ever expected. I still find myself looking for the dog every now and then and I do love that book, Dog Heaven.

By: blk1

blk1 — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:09:42 +0000

Coltrane, what a cool name for an animal. And what a cool way of capturing natural conversation in the moment. Nice. It’s 12:06 here. I figured you would be up soon. Karen is up as well.
I am moving along on my boil down duties. I have a good number and a number of photos as well. I did get to Stacey at Slices about spreading the news. It’s a bit complicated but she has the blurb so we will see if she can get it up.
So I am waiting until Monday, yes?
Bonnie