Ladybugs.
Kimberly Artley Kimberly Artley

Ladybugs.

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

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30 Days.
Kimberly Artley Kimberly Artley

30 Days.

Today marks one whole month since you left us, Chip.

30 days.

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Grief and grieving.
Kimberly Artley Kimberly Artley

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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I awoke last night to your presence….
Kimberly Artley Kimberly Artley

I awoke last night to your presence….

I awoke last night to feeling your presence. It was strong...I knew it was you, and it brought tears to my eyes. When I fell back in sleep, you came to me in my dream….

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Bittersweet.
Kimberly Artley Kimberly Artley

Bittersweet.

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

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Missing you.
Kimberly Artley Kimberly Artley

Missing you.

This is too much to handle.

It's too heavy.

Too big.

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

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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