My wonderful, "chocolate sable" Cocker Spaniel, Symon Francis, was lovingly helped to the Rainbow Bridge on Friday, April 17, 2015. He was 15 years old (that's 105 in human years, folks!)

I first met Symon at a party at his previous family's home.  When circumstances changed, they asked if I would be interested in adopting him.  I told them I would take Symon for a weekend, to see how he got along with my five rescue cats:  Daphne, Sparkles, Buddy, Angel and Evie.  All creatures, great and small, got along amazing well; my kids and I fell in love with Symon, and he seemed to love us too! 

Symon figures prominently in  WIND .  He is the Flood family pet, and particularly loves Dante, the DDG (drop dead gorgeous) stranger who mysteriously enters eighteen-year-old Flynn Flood's life, and changes it forever. Symon will return along with Flynn, and Flynn's sixteen-year-old sister, Kevan, in the second installment, SAND.

Symie didn't suffer at all, and my wonderful son, Matthew, and I hugged him and told him we loved him until the end (he even raised his head and, incredibly, took a bite of a treat, right before he passed!!).

Godspeed, Symie, until you see me again, break from the pack, and side-by-side, we cross over together!