Ceri

Owned by Jim & Hannah Norris

Beautiful Ceri was such a loving girl, and came to us from a local rescue centre at 5 months old, when we lived in Wales. Though nervous in her early years, she was always full of energy, and after learning to retrieve, became easy to exercise. I am a wheelchair user and she quickly understood how to trot next to me, and that sticks, balls etc had to be placed on my lap. We lived by the sea for most of her life, which she loved to throw herself into, on walks with daddy! But I will always be full of gratitude for the way she would comfort me when our youngest daughter died, unexpectedly. She would put her front paws either side of my lap and when I leaned forward to cuddle her, sobbing; she pressed her head into my neck until I quietened again, licked my tears away and lay down beside me, with an ear up. She made those agonising early weeks a bit less awful. She will always be my heroine! RIP Ceri, and thank you from every fibre of my heart for being the finest loyal friend, companion and comforter, for 15 glorious years.