Overnight there had been a rare serenade of noisy mooing coming from our pasture. It was so loud, even Dennis was awakened, and I could only imagine what the neighbors might be thinking.

You never realize how much you use your kitchen faucet until you can’t. I kept catching myself repeatedly going to tap a glass of drinking water or fill the houseplant watering can. I finally had to hang a plastic container over the faucet to remind myself it was deceased.