The Darcy Chronicles 9: A Reluctant Farewell

Mr. Darcy at 16 weeks

In his 16th week of life, Mr. Darcy’s life changed irrevocably and, with the intuition of Dog, he knows it.

Tomorrow Deborah leaves for Portland to see her best friend Bonnie through death from ovarian cancer (she’s been fighting it for almost five years), and to help her family afterwards. We don’t know how long Deborah will be gone; that depends both on the progress of Bonnie’s disease and, because she lives in Oregon, her decision on when to let go. We are planning for...