Cleo (July 1992 to April 2006)---May She Rest In Peace!

As many of you know, we had to put Cleo to sleep on Tuesday, April 4. It was clear she was glad to see us as we returned from our wonderful visit with Greg and Samantha; but it was also clear she was in a lot of pain and had declined significantly in the 2 weeks we were gone.

The first photo below is from Fall 2003, I think, in our back yard in McMinnville after Jim and I had finished some landscaping prior to putting it on the market. In the second photo, Cleo is modeling Uncle Fran's glasses during the week surrounding Greg and Sam's wedding.

She brought us SO many smiles, so many stories. The vet's office sent us a nice card, saying "The kindest decisions are often the most difficult to make." How true!