Jaycey, thank you so much for your good wishes for the New Year. I liked your wishes for a year of comfort and fond memories. It will certainly be a year for many "firsts." My pups just love to lie right up against me on the couch with one insisting on laying all 65 lbs across my lap. Someone told me this is a protective move for dogs. He's not on my hip, but spread across my lap.
I wish you, too, a year of healing.