Pipa did not survive

Sheryl took this photo of Pipa several months back, in the sunshine, reaching up and playing with the camera strap. You can click on the photo for a much larger view. Sheryl covered Pipa's illness and death in her blog here. I have nothing to add to it and several people contributed wonderful comments. Thanks to all of you. We're quite sad that she's gone but we're also celebrating how much she contributed to our lives and to our happiness. Having foreknowledge of this may or may not have helped us to cope with it, I'm really not sure. We fought her passing with everything we had, but we know that sometimes you have to let go and allow things to happen beyond your control.