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This painting is in memory of Pablo, owned by Ken Breidenbaugh.  One of the harder aspects of my job as a vet is to help people cope with the grief of losing their pets.  I often hear people say some kind of variation of "I will never have another dog/cat because this is too hard".  When I had to put my first dog Ruby down, I realized it was a pain I needed to experience first hand so that I would be more prepared to help others deal with making these difficult decisions.  I have been forced to see that every living thing is fragile and temporary, a savage truth that sometimes I want to cover my eyes and ears and turn away from.  I have come to feel it is a tremendous act of courage to risk your heart in love to anything, but especially to a creature with a life span so much shorter than our own.  So I salute the Breidenbaugh family and all of you who fly in the face of certain loss and abandon your hearts to the generous, simple and captivating love of a pet.  I celebrate Pablo.