Good Job, Reilly & Camille! And Cam, You Don't Have To Worry About Ri Taking "Santa Ducky" From You

Camille has been a comfort to especially "Mimi" during the difficult time in which she, "Auntie Nicole", and "Mom-Mom" are mourning the passing of "Great Mom-Mom", as has been Reilly to everyone relatively equally (though "Auntie Michelle" is taking the passing the hardest. As for  "Mom-Mom", she got the special treatment of having Reilly wanting to comfort her so much on the night of the passing, that she refused to leave "Mom-Mom"'s side and was very close to biting "Auntie Michelle" when "Auntie Michelle" tried to take her "potty" before "night nights" time.).

This isn't to mention that they behaved very well and went into their crates when "Mom-Mom" et. al. left to go to "Great Mom-Mom"'s funeral and celebration of life, and they greeted the mourners eagerly when they got home. Nonetheless, they did devote some attention to their own matters: namely, Reilly focused on stealing all of the affection from Camille, and Camille focused on guarding "Santa Ducky" (a Christmas gift and a new favorite toy of hers) to the point of giving Reilly looks of suspicion even when Reilly was all the way on the couch and she was on the chair—and after she growled at Reilly last night just for being within the vicinity of her and "Santa Ducky" (Cam, don't worry about Ri taking "Santa Ducky" from you!).

Update: Here are a few photos of Cam with "Santa Ducky" and one photo of poor Ri getting suspicious eyes from her (Cam already had a suspicious mind!).

#WoofWednesday & Early #ThrowbackThursday: "Great Mom-Mom" (ז״ל) Was One Of the First People To Meet Reilly

"Momma" forgot about that until she went through pictures on her Facebook timeline to find pictures of "Great Mom-Mom" (ז״ל), whom (as "Momma" and Reilly believe, and as "Great Mom-Mom" believed) "went to see Jesus" on Christmas Eve—as "Momma"/"Auntie Nicole" explained to Reilly (with "Great Mom-Mom" and "Mom-Mom" on July 4th of 2014) and Camille (whom never got to meet "Great Mom-Mom" ☹)







"Great Mom-Mom" actually met Reilly two days after Reilly came home:




Reilly couldn't be left alone in her crate yet, and that day was "Great Mom-Mom"'s 87th birthday; so, Reilly came along for a visit.









Reilly was "rei"-markably behaved, meanwhile!

Reilly & Camille the Empathetic Great-Grandpuppies & Mourners Among Those Of Tzion v'Yerushalayim

Exactly two years ago from yesterday, Reilly showed empathy during another difficult situation and thus proved that she's the same empath as ever. In this case, though, the situation is ongoing and even more severe, which Reilly seems to sense because she's been also quite mournful for the past hour. As for the situation itself, it's that Reilly's"Great Mom-Mom"—as "Momma" has explained to her—"is going to see Jesus very soon" (and "Momma" makes no secret of the fact that she's a Jewish Christian. Anyway..).

Reilly seems to understand this as much as puppies can understand this kind of situation. Meanwhile, she along with Camille has been a comfort to her "Auntie Michelle"/Camille's "Mimi", and both of them comforted "Auntie Michelle"/"Mimi" by licking her tears last night and mourning with her—as well as with "Momma"/"Auntie Nicole" and "Mom-Mom".

By the way, "Great Mom-Mom" told "Mom-Mom" to say "Hi" to her "great-grandpuppies" when "Mom-Mom" stated that she would send her pictures of her "great-grandchildren" and explained that she was referring to her "great-grandpuppies". For "Great Mom-Mom", this is significant because she had a different attitude toward puppies before, as she was as a farm kid and was mostly around working pups as opposed to companion pups.

Re A Matter About Which I've Posted On Facebook And Twitter In the Past Few Days

Since the time is sadly closer, I might as well just say it: my mom's mom has metastasized Lung Cancer that metastasized to her liver and bones, and she was admitted to the hospital a week ago tomorrow. They thought that Pneumonia and Shingles were the cause of her severe pain (and, oh man, was she in pain when I talked to her the night before!). They ran tests on Friday only to find that a spot on her liver and (as she told me) something "on the lungs", and then (according to one of my uncles or aunts) the "really bad" tests results showed that she has cancer that they somehow caught way too late.

She is under hospice care and has only days to weeks to live; and my own hope, truth be told, is that she dies on New Year's Eve if she has to go so soon, since that is my late maternal grandfather's (her first husband's) birthday (She even requested to be buried with "something of his" that he had passed down to their children when he passed away in 1974; and that was the first time that she was widowed, by the way 😢. She remarried in 1979 and was widowed again in 2004. She's also had other losses and sufferings throughout her 91 years, and now she has to endure terminal Lung Cancer 😢.)

Please pray that she goes in her sleep (since that what's she wanted) and/or surrounded by loved ones when she goes. She is sleeping more and more lately as well as eating and drinking less due to severe pain. She has been ready to go for a long time, even before her Lung Cancer diagnosis.
PS To loved ones (family and friends): please call and/or visit her if you can; and please pray for her. Also, as she once told my sister, "Never start smoking" (although she knows that Michelle would never smoke), and she quit cold turkey at 77 years and after 55 years of smoking. She even mentioned something about it to Mom today.

PPS May Yehovah comfort us among the mourners of Tzion v'Yerushalayim, and may her memory be for a blessing when & after she passes. For those whom want her Hebrew name, meanwhile, since she is of Jewish ancestry (although she does has gentile ancestry as well): Miriam Eliora bat Yochanahn Chaim* v'Miriam Margolit**. ***

*(ben Gdaliya ben Binyamin Yochanahn v'Natan'elah)

**(bat Yochanahn Toma v'Eliora)

*** Her dad (his everyday name having been John Carroll Pundt, z"l) was a son of George August Pundt (z"l) and Jewish especially on his paternal grandma's side (And her Hebrew name would've likely been Natan'elah bat Shlomo v'Amalia was she given one. Her everyday name was Dorothea "Dora" Lehr Pundt the daughter of Frederich and Amalia Gunther Lehr.). As for her maternal heritage, I'm pretty sure that she had Crypto-Jewish heritage on at least her mom's paternal grandfather's side, which is another discussion for another time.

Also, I've done family and other research; so:

• Even though she is religiously Catholic (as were her parents), she in my opinion (especially since she believes in a Jewish man as the Messiah) should have the honor of her Hebrew name (notwithstanding that she knew most about her Irish and German heritage, and nothing about her Jewish heritage until I found out about it and brought it up. Her dad, from what I understand, did know about it and never told her about it, which is a long discussion.).
• I could not find a suitable Hebrew equivalent for "August" or for her maternal grandmother's middle name, "Agnes". Her father's Hebrew would've likely been "Binyamin Yochanahn" for "William John", and his mother was an Elizabeth Müller Pundt the daughter of a Johann Conrad Müller and Margarete Siedenburg Pundt, both of Jewish ancestry. Again, long discussion.

Almost Three Years Since...

Reilly's second Christmas and Camille's first Christmas happened! Can you believe it? How time passes...and "Momma"/"Auntie Nicole" might be getting just a little verklempt by thinking about Christmas 2018 will be Reilly's fifth Christmas and Camille's fourth!

Poll On Twitter: "Should FoxNews fire those such as Ann Coulter, Tomi Lahren, Laura Ingraham, and Tucker Carlson?"

PS This poll surprisingly received quite a few responses already!

Should @FoxNews fire those such as Ann Coulter, Tomi Lahren, Laura Ingraham, and Tucker Carlson?

— N.V. Mara Czarnecki (@Nickidewbear) December 13, 2018

PPS:

My thinking is this: if enough people #answer this #poll & give @foxnews an #idea of whether those such as Ann Coulter are assets or liabilities to them, maybe they & @newscorp will be forced to take action in re Ann Coulter & their other controversial employees & contributors. https://t.co/TBTTXUOSZ9

— N.V. Mara Czarnecki (@Nickidewbear) December 13, 2018

A Reminder From Reilly (and "Momma")

PS The New Moon was sighted on December 8th. Thus, throughout both the Hebrew month of Tevet 5778 as well as the Gregorian month of December 2018, Reilly and "Momma" ask everyone to recommit themselves to the cause of human rights for all humans—including pet owners whom have disabilities.

PPS So, the card's a little late on the East Coast. Still...

#SentimentalSunday & Somewhat Offbeat: What "Momma"/"Auntie Nicole" Loves About Walks & Other Thoughts

"Momma"/"Auntie Nicole" loves when she gets to see and meet friends of Reilly and Camille as well as tell Reilly and Camille that she got to see their friends and let them sniff her hands when they greet her at the gate. Not too long ago, for example, she finally met one of Reilly's and Camille's elusive friends known as "Solo", and she of course told Reilly and Camille that she finally met him and let them sniff her hand to confirm that she met Solo. In that instance as well, by the way, she let them confirm that she had seen other friends of theirs, including Shelby.

She also gets to meet potential future friends of theirs as well as well as let those potential future friends sniff her hands—and of course let their current friends sniff their hands! Of course (as she has, as she recalls having, blogged about before), she also runs into friends and acquaintances of theirs whom can get ambivalent and think—as she can tell—thoughts like, "She's been around that jealous Reilly" or "She gave scritches to Reilly—does this mean that Reilly's around and going to come of the blue to give me a hard time?"

After all, Reilly has developed a reputation among her compatriots (or should "Momma" say "com-pup-triots?) as a jealous type!

At least Reilly has the hope of (כ״י״י) seeing (or at least sniffing the scents of) both human, canine, and other friends quite often as well as, for instance being able to get scritches and thoughts toward her and prayers on her behalf when she's enduring hard times. "Momma" doesn't often have that partly because she can't get out as much—let alone to be able to walk Reilly herself, or at least have someone help her care for and be a better "Momma" to Reilly and not give her a hard time about (as she's explained to Reilly) being "not as fast or strong as" others and being not as good of a "Momma" as she could be because of her Cerebral Palsy, Depression, etc..

Reilly and "Momma" Remember...

A Special Card From Reilly (and "Momma")

As a puppy with White Shaker Syndrome and a Maltese underbite as well as a "Momma" with Cerebral Palsy and other conditions, Reilly thanks Former President & First Lady Bush 41 (ז״ל) especially for signing the Americans With Disabilities Act into law!

#MaltipooMonday: "Auntie Nicole" Fell, And...

She scared Camille as she accidentally lunged forward at her and then caused what "Mom-Mom" described as what must've been "an earthquake" to her. So, she literally had unintentional insult added to her injury, which occurred right as she turned to the right and hit the area between her hip and her upper leg (or maybe it was, as "Mom-Mom" told her, her hip—she can't exactly tell what that area's called. Either way, she fell enough to cause an apparent "earthquake" throughout the family room and leave a bruise where she fell.).

Then culminated the next part in the whole incident. That part included "Auntie Nicole" having left Camille scared as well as "Momma" having scared Reilly, Reilly wanting to go outside because of how scared she was, Camille having to pee to the point at which she could be said to have literally had the pee scared of her, "Auntie Nicole" having to put Camille on her lap while she still was harnessed and leashed because she would've run away otherwise, and the same "Auntie Nicole" sitting her furniece on her lap to explain to her that she was just walking toward her to give her a kiss on the head and not trying to hurt her.

Meanwhile, both Camille (who was shaking as she sat on "Auntie Nicole"'s lap as "Auntie Nicole" was trying to comfort her and explain what happened) and Reilly (who avoided "Momma" for quite a while) took some time to be convinced that they were not going to be lunged at by "Auntie Nicole"/"Momma".

Early Hanukkah 5778 and Belated National Mutt Day 2018 Card

PS: 1) "Momma" and Reilly get an extra day of Hanukkah, since Hanukkah begins this evening. 2) This card affected OCD/Anxiety, too—thus, part of why it's late.

A Really-Important Reminder From Reilly And Camille