Tiffany came into mine and Derek's life, first as a causal friend but then played a professional role, which before long led to her becoming a highly valued and significant friend. Tiffany is another one of those incredible, successful moms who somehow manage to do it all. The fraction of the "all" which we have enjoyed has been largely as she wears her Veterinarian hat. A friend to our cats she is extended family to Brier. Or....she will be for a couple more weeks.
Tiffany came by tonight to consult on Brier's quality of life as we have been suspecting he is on a gradual decline although us seeing him everyday makes that difficult to discern. She did agree that all signs point to him being weaker than when she saw him last and that "making a plan" was probably in order. I think the decision is as hard on her as on us!
Brier has played a role in her life too. She and Curtis parent two boys, one of whom is autistic and has always been nervous around dogs. Brier met them at Bowness Park one weekend a few years back to play ball. It went really well. Following this, he also had weekend sleepovers at Tiffany's house and those visits went even better. She credits Brier with helping Logan overcome some of his worry around dogs and this is where the "extended family" descriptor comes in. We think Brier was the lucky one!
But Tiffany is much more than a veterinarian or surrogate family. She is a beautiful, intelligent, hard-working, fun-spirited and adventurous woman. She is not afraid to make tough decisions on behalf of her family as she has a practical streak to overrule her free-spiritedness. She is sincerely caring and down-to-earth. She is fast to do a favour and never expects anything in return. We have been blessed to enjoy parties with her, as well as shed tears. Her friendship has meant the world to us!
Thanks Doc!
Thanks Doc!
(PS - She is also very tall! In the picture above, Derek is standing on a stair! At that same party (my 40th), friends of mine drove up, saw her in the window and decided they were too underdressed, compared to her, to come in!)
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