An overwhelming day..a loss and a gain..

Yesterday was an overwhelming day.

At 5:30 am, we got a call from BJ's dad that arrests had been made in the unsolved murder of his aunt, Janie. It has been over a year since the murder and we were honestly surprised.
Here is the link to the story. http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/44010732.html We are very grateful for these arrests as it adds comfort to all of the family knowing the people behind her death are behind bars. It still gives us even more questions, but hopefully, these will answered in the near future.

We had the Press Conference at 10 yesterday and I was already just stressed from all of the happenings with that. It's definitely a good thing though to find answers.

After we finished eating lunch at a local place, BJ told me that his dad had called him while we were eating and that my precious puppy, Termie (Termite) had gotten ran over. Termie lived with BJ's parents since our other puppy got ran over in December. We had moved her there to be safe and so that she would not mourn. His parents live on a dead end street and BJ's parents took great care of her, but their mail lady accidentedly hit here while she and the other dogs were out playing. I have been so sad about this. The pain from Gracie's loss is not completely gone and to lose our only other pet has been even more heart-breaking. We haven't told Lily yet. She talks about Gracie all of the time, but she knows that she is in Heaven and now we have to tell her that Termie has joined her. This may be silly to some people, but we are major dog lovers, and sad about losing both of her dogs in a matter of months.

Termie had became quite attached to BJ's dad. She slept inside with him and spent most of the day inside with him in his chair watching tv, so I know that he is sad, too.
I wanted to talk about Termie a little bit today. She was the sweetest little dog - a registered Jack Russell. She was so small. I gave her the name Termite because she was like a little "Termite." - crazy I know, but the name stuck. She had the funniest howl that she would do - she almost sang to you, if you talked to her in this high pitched voice. Everyone said she was a little "off" for a dog, definitely not the smartest animal, but Gracie was her smarts. She followed Gracie everywhere and they were best friends. Termie would just stand and stare at you if she wanted attention. We laughed so many times at how Gracie would roll her and play with her as if they were the same size. It's so sad now that both of our beloved pets are gone. I am so glad that she didnt' suffer like Gracie though. Her death was instant.

Here are some of my favorite pics of times with Termie.

My sweet lil pup

Look how pretty!

I always loved this pic of her. She looked like she was smiling to me.

This is way back from when Lily was small, but Termie sneaked in these pics in the background. Termie loved Lily and oh goodness, Lily loved her. Lily loved to ride in her wagon and torment her, chasing her around.

Her is Lily and Termie on a wagon ride.

This is me and Termie back in 2005.

The above pic shows just how different Gracie and Termie were, but they were such great friends.

This pic was mine and BJ's first Christmas as a married couple. We used this pic on our Christmas cards. Rest in Peace Termie and Gracie. It's hard to think you are both gone. We loved you so much!