Emotional Day

Today we said goodbye to our great friend and family member, Titan. We have spoiled him the past few days. Last night he had steak for dinner and Frosty Paws ice cream for dessert. We spent this morning at the dog park and then bid our farewells. He went very peacefully, looking as if he was simply laying on the floor like he does at home.

After a day of grieving, laughing, and crying, we were treated to Titan smiling down over our home in the form of a beautiful rainbow. On a day that called for no rain, we had a few showers followed with an amazing double rainbow directly over our house. We know in our hearts it was a special request from our best boy ever. All our love. We miss you Titan.

Sweet Titan...

Many of you received an email from Angie earlier letting you know of our painful decision to let Titan move on to the next stage. I'm sure I can not express our true feelings any better than Angie already has, so I will just copy her email here:

Hello All,

As most of you know, our sweet Titan has developed a neurological issue since November of last year. We have decided to let God take over and leave it to his hands. Titan has lived a full, blissful, happy 11 years and it is time where we believe his life isn't quality enough to continue the battle. This decision has been hard not only because we are losing a best friend, but he is mentally fine. As a family, we will lead Titan into another world Saturday morning. He will be deeply missed but we are excited for his journey.

Titan sends his lasting love.

Since Angie's email, we've received a number of replies providing support. Thank everyone of you for you thoughts and prayers. While this has been a difficult decision, we know it is for the best. Titan is being spoiled for the next few days before he goes to his favorite dog park to play with all his new friends. One day we will all be together again.

The Travelling Man

Pictures from NYC

This quarter has been a busy travel one for me. I've been out of town 4 of the past 5 weeks, visiting Mountain View, CA, New York, and Dublin. Travel is one part of my job I really enjoy, but when it all comes at once, it can be overwhelming. Add that to starting the process of selling the house, Angie finishing up school, taking tests, and Alex graduating has proven to be very busy times for us.

Pictures from Dublin