There are cardiologists who tend to our medical needs but who do you entrust your heart to when it is 90 grams of feathers or 45 pounds of fur? It is a huge concern and if you don’t know someone willing and able who you would trust with this life, travel is no longer an option for you.
Other than the week I was in the hospital, only a few months after we adopted Piper, there has only been one full day that I have spent apart from Piper in five years. Since I no longer work outside the home, our days are spent together and the bond between us is stronger than even an animal lover like me could have ever imagined. And so leaving him in another’s care is almost unthinkable. But before my vision loss I travelled constantly, for business and pleasure, and I finally feel ready to get back out there, albeit slowly and carefully, in small doses.
I am blessed beyond measure to have a person who offered to take care of Piper and who I would most certainly feel infinitely relieved, safe and comfortable with doing just that. They have not spent a lot of time together but Piper quickly sensed that Auntie D was perch-worthy and offered his foot to her finger, the first person besides my husband and me he would bestow the honor. Auntie D sent me this picture while we were away and both photographer/perch and recipient had tears in their eyes.
I have some emotional hurdles to overcome in regard to travel and my limited sight. But the fact that I can leave Piper in Auntie D’s loving and most capable hands has given me wings.
