11/24/07
I have the sad task of letting everyone
in the BHRA family know that Hannah, a senior BHRA rescue who was lucky
enough to be adopted by Jacqueline Whitehorn four years ago, went to the
rainbow bridge this morning in Jacqueline's arms. Hannah told her it
was time...she was diagnosed just a short few weeks ago with cancer that
had taken over her body. For the past few weeks, Jacqueline made her as
comfortable as possible, spoiling her even more (if that was even
possible) knowing Hannah would tell her when she was ready. As you can
imagine, Jacqueline is devastated and asked me to post to everyone since
she cannot muster the words right now.
Hannah was truly a character! She was the
most wonderful combination of stubborn--a girl who knew what she wanted
and didn't hesitate to demand it-- and a real clown who could at once
make you laugh and draw you into her soulful eyes to literally wrap you
around her paw. She had such an amazing personality and simply lit up a
room when she was in it. She had this adorable little spin she would do
when she was happy, which was always, and we came to call her Spinny
Girl. She could make you laugh and she knew it. Hannah came to BHRA
already a senior (somewhere around ten years old and already gray in the
muzzle), and Earl and I had the true pleasure of fostering her twice.
We cried when she got adopted the first time, and when that didn't work
out, immediately agreed to take her back into foster. She almost never
left us, but we knew she would have a fabulous life with the Whitehorns.
The day I handed her over to Jacqueline at a BHRA bash, I sobbed
buckets, all the way back down to Mobile. Over the years, the few times
we did get to see her again, her gentle eyes, wiggling butt, wagging
tail, and more importantly, her immediately exposed tummy for her much
deserved and much loved belly rubs gave me joy as it did anyone who knew
her. Her many antics and quirky personality have been posted on the
Daily Drool over the years, and that girl was simply spoiled rotten and
given four wonderful, much loved years at the Whitehorns house of senior
hounds.
So goodbye sweet gentle Hannah Banana--you
will be sorely missed and always remembered.
Please think of Jacqueline, a long time
friend of BHRA, this evening as Hannah's star shoots across the sky
toward the Bridge, where she will join her sisters Jake and Millie who
have been waiting for her.
--Helen
Hocking
