Dexter Died On Friday…And Luke Lives On...

Hi Everyone.

My brother Luke's dog, Dexter, who I inherited after Luke died, died on Friday. I may write about it later but the short of it is he had cancer, we treated it, we thought he'd have longer but treatment failed and then the end came very fast. I'm doing OK. Exhausted, mostly.

I was talking with my dad the next day, and he said, "I have something to send you, I hope it doesn't make you sad, it didn't make me sad, it felt really good."

What he sent was the picture at the end of this post.

But first, the story behind it:

My brother Luke had a retirement account when he died that went to my dad and generates a little bit of money each year. My parents have been donating some of that money to the outdoors program at the local college, earmarking it to be used by students while on outdoors trips for special activities that they wouldn't otherwise be able to afford. (Luke loved every imaginable sort of adventure.)

This picture--sent recently to my parents from that program--totally made my day...was exactly what I needed during a very sad time.

I hope it gives you all good feelings as well, especially those of you who knew Luke.

XOXO

Image credit: CMU.