Sacred Paws

03/10/2026

A little levity

02/14/2026

01/19/2026

Hello my dears. I hope everyone is well and happy.
A few months ago I shared that I was going to begin work on a new book, and I put out a request for volunteers to tell me about a pet that you’ve loved and lost, so I could include some of your stories. I’ve received completed questionnaires from most of the volunteers, but not all. Those of you who have volunteered but not yet sent the questionnaires back, would you please shoot me a message to let me know if you’re still interested in participating or not. I will be finishing up in the next few days with all of the respondents that I’ve got so far. If you’ve forgotten and you need a little time, I’m more than happy to allow for that. . But if you’ve changed your mind and no longer wish to participate, please let me know so I can put out feelers for a few more respondents.
Thank you and have a great day 💚

01/09/2026

Good morning all. There’s a male terrier type dog in spirit with a brown patch on the left side of his face, and a stubby, frantically wagging tail, who keeps trying to get my attention. I also hear pickle ball and the name Martha. Can anyone claim any of this? I thought if I threw it out there, he’d quit interfering with my chores!

01/04/2026

How it feels when time seems to fold in on itself…
I was in the kitchen getting Phoenix and Fen’s dinner. I turned from the sink to get Phoenix’s bowl on the other side of the room, and as I did, I glanced toward the dining room, and in the doorway, I saw a shadowed, fluffy face peeking at me. I knew by feel that it wasn’t Phoenix or Fen, but I walked to the front of the house anyway, where Fen was asleep in the hall, and Phoenix was asleep in the gentleman’s parlour. D was sitting the couch, and I told him what happened. I was a little shaken, and I felt that I might not have articulated it properly to him, so I returned to the kitchen, finished getting their dinner, and after I called them into kitchen, I opened up my photo album and started quickly scrolling through the thumbnails to see if I could find a picture of Smoky standing in the dining room doorway. He usually did that when I was in the kitchen… he’d stand there and wait for me, usually yapping, until I came back to sit with him in the parlour.
I saw a photo that looked like what I might be looking for, so I clicked on it to enlarge it. After confirming that it was what I wanted, my eyes were drawn up to the date. I had taken it exactly one year ago, today. There’s nothing special about this date that I call recall, but I felt my heart crack open, and a flood of emotion came out. It was a good half hour before I could stop crying completely. Then I sat and thought about it. The most meaningful “appearances” don’t necessarily happen on a noteworthy date, but when you least expect them. And where Smoky is concerned, every minute of every day is *special*, because he is.

01/03/2026

In loving memory of all the pets we’ve lost in 2025

12/24/2025

From all of us to all of you

12/23/2025

Last weekend, a member of our extended family crossed the Rainbow bridge. Please join us in raising up Queen Gloria, and sending comfort to her mom and dad, Amanda and Ryan, and fur brother Deke.  May she lumber happily through fields of flowers with the sun on her adorably squishy face.  Hail the furry traveler! 💚🌈

11/14/2025

Sacred Paws family:

On October 20, my familiar, my heart and soul dog, the fluffy love of my life, slipped loose from our physical world and returned to the stars. For twelve years, four months and twenty days, he graced this world with his enchanting presence. The broken part of me says it wasn’t long enough. Not near long enough. And at the same time, that golden tether that binds us, still glows with the love of two souls who will never part.


Shaman Smoke and Honey “Smoky”
May 25, 2013 ~ Oct 20, 2025

Hail the furry traveler

Love and soul deep gratitude to Dr Nicole and the Staff Anchor Animal Hospital for the warm and compassionate way in which they cared for Smoky for the entirety of his journey. 💚

09/23/2025

It’s been one year since our baby dragon has flown. Though we miss her physical presence every day, we know she’s here with us in spirit 🐉🌈🔥💚

09/17/2025

I couldn’t post the video along with the picture, in my previous post, but this is at the start of one of my reiki sessions with sweet Woobah

09/17/2025

My very special reiki client, my “nephew” Woobah 🌈. He’d lost a front leg to cancer several years ago, and almost two years later, it returned and made him very ill. His mama who has now also sadly passed on, would call when he needed to be “zapped”, and I’d go and give him all I had. She’d sworn up and down that our sessions would infuse him with some energy, and she was happy and grateful for every extra day that they had together. I had the honor of being with him on his last day, helping his spirit transition over into eternity, and though it broke my heart, I wouldn’t have wanted to be anywhere else but by his side.