Kimberly Artley 6/15/23 Kimberly Artley 6/15/23

This day 365 days ago.

This day 365 days ago was one of the most gut-wrenching days of my life.

Kimberly Artley 9/18/22 Kimberly Artley 9/18/22

Ladybugs.

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

Kimberly Artley 9/15/22 Kimberly Artley 9/15/22

Today marks 12 weeks since Chip passed…

Today marks 12 weeks since our deeply beloved Chip moved on ahead of us…

Kimberly Artley 7/15/22 Kimberly Artley 7/15/22

30 Days.

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

30 days.

Kimberly Artley 6/24/22 Kimberly Artley 6/24/22

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.

Kimberly Artley 6/21/22 Kimberly Artley 6/21/22

Bittersweet.

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

Kimberly Artley 6/19/22 Kimberly Artley 6/19/22

Missing you.

This is too much to handle.

It's too heavy.

Too big.

Kimberly Artley 6/18/22 Kimberly Artley 6/18/22

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.

Kimberly Artley 6/15/22 Kimberly Artley 6/15/22

For the first time in 11 years I came home to silence.