My thoughts are with you, Cecil. Like Theo, I've always thought of my labs as people. She seems like a sweet dog and a great companion. The memories and the stories will live forever even though the rest of us can't. It sounds like you have plenty of those.

"Only after sorrow's hand has bowed your head will life become truly real to you; then you will acquire the noble spirituality which intensifies the reality of life. I go to an all-powerful God. Beyond that I have no knowledge--no fear--only faith."