Ladybugs.
Ilya Pavlov Ilya Pavlov

Ladybugs.

When Chip passed, I asked him to send me a sign he was still with me. Specifically, a ladybug.

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Grief and grieving.
Ilya Pavlov Ilya Pavlov

Grief and grieving.

“Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”

― Jamie Anderson

Grieving is really a process; and - I don't know about you all - but, for me, has been a very (very) different experience than grieving for a human.

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Bittersweet.
Ilya Pavlov Ilya Pavlov

Bittersweet.

Going back through all of these pictures...wow. It's so bittersweet.

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I wasn’t planning on adding another dog to the pack.
Ilya Pavlov Ilya Pavlov

I wasn’t planning on adding another dog to the pack.

This first picture is the first picture I ever saw of you. I wasn't planning on adding another dog to the pack...and another puppy, at that. I already had 3, and Levi was still a puppy himself. But.... there was something about you. Something I couldn't explain. It was like I was being drawn to you.

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