Share Your Pet Story
Kelley may have in a spiritual sense, helped save my life. I believe she gave up her life to possibly ring the bell, lean on the horn, or get sick and die, to reel me in from a crazy busy world and get me to focus on myself and my well-being, and discover my cancer. We miss her everyday. How do we have all these wonderful family members and then lose them? But what would we do without them.
Share your animal stories with me and feel free to email me a picture at jean@jeanmurrfineart.com.
I love to hear these fabulous tales of great love, companionship and adventure. We could write a book together or I could create a series of pictures in honor of their life and great love. Wouldn’t you love to keep them with you forever? I know I would…let me help you hold on to a bit of their lives, in a piece of art.
March 17th, 2008
Meet Izzy and Dexter…”the boys”…two different characters and the “loves of my life”. My world has revolved around them. One is the soft in your face lover and the other is a bit more affectionate and loving, from a distance. One I picked, and the other picked me, but both are a huge part of my life. Our family is about to grow again?from new daddy, to a new baby in the house. You boys are in for a change. They could both do commercials with their looks and charm don’t you think?
Jill Stadtmueller
Denver, CO
March 17th, 2008
We never planned on getting a second border collie. Some things you have no control over and one day she was just there, and she was a handful. We found her timid, shy, scared, jealous and destructive, but we worked hard with Lucy. We involved her in agility classes, where she excelled and got A’s but I flunked miserably, and we also used dog psychology, a recommendation from our vet, that over a period of time helped to work on resolving her issues. Today she is better, but still thinks she is a human and really doesn’t have time for other dogs and certain people. With all the time and effort came great rewards. Lucy was my service dog, my faithful caregiver during my cancer treatment recovery periods. I think these animals have a connective intuitive sense about them, that tunes them into pain, anguish, sorrow, and need. She was there for me in so many ways. Whether it was a simple nudge or the head on the stomach or the burrowing under my arm, or the quiet presence in the doorway, or the post she took beside the bed, it was as if she were checking up on me and trying to heal me. These animals are a gift, if we are aware and let them be.
Jerry and Jean Murr
Lakewood, CO
March 17th, 2008
Heather and Kim Anders
Mazatlan, Mexico.
March 22nd, 2008
missing kellley this week. it’s a year
March 30th, 2008
We think of our precious Nica as another member of the family. She is the Schnauzer in Jean’s pet portraits. Jeanie not only duplicated Nica’s features, but also captured the exact essence of her personality. The painting has a prominant place in our family room and we are grateful to Jeanie for her incredible talent. Our vet tells us that Nica is a “geriatric canine”. It will be painfully sad when she leaves us, but we will always have the cherished painting to remind us how much we love her.