{"id":1234,"date":"2010-02-05T19:23:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T00:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.52.55.152\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2010-02-19T11:13:18","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T16:13:18","slug":"question-for-furmoms-and-furdads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/?p=1234","title":{"rendered":"Question For Furmoms (and Furdads)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a bit torn on how to deal with a delicate situation.  Many, many years ago, I stitched a needlepoint stocking for our beloved Phoebe.  It has her name on it.  Obviously, the stocking is no longer necessarily relevant.  \ud83d\ude41  I have been contemplating removing her name from the stocking and making it a generic dog stocking, one that will serve for every dog that Terry and I own for the rest our lives.  How would you deal with the situation?  Remove the name and reuse the stocking?  Archive it as a memorial piece, which would probably never see the light of day again?  Continue to hang it every Christmas?  Stitch additional stockings for Abby and Lily?  Some combination of the above?<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple of things to keep in mind when answering:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is the only stocking that I have ever stitched.  Terry and I have been married for over 10 years and I have not managed to stitch a single stocking for either of us (although I did put a few stitches into one for Terry many years ago).<\/li>\n<li>Phoebe&#8217;s name is longstitched over the top section of the stocking, so even though it is finished with a lining behind the stitched canvas, I don&#8217;t think that removing it would be excessively difficult.<\/li>\n<li>There is no way I will ever have the time or energy to stitch a stocking for every dog that I plan to own in my lifetime.  I love and will love each and every one of them, but I have to be realistic here when it comes to the average lifetime of a dog versus that of a female human.<\/li>\n<li>While the prospect of removing Phoebe&#8217;s name from her stocking is sad, I had actually considered doing it after Christmas 2008, knowing that she wouldn&#8217;t be with us too much longer.  I will probably cry, but it&#8217;s not going to turn my world upside down all over again.<\/li>\n<li>I do not feel that removing Phoebe&#8217;s name would in any way take anything away from her memory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think those are the major points I wanted to touch upon.  I know that I&#8217;ve already talked to some of you about this and gotten your valuable opinions, but I&#8217;m looking for a more total general consensus.  If you feel so inclined, please restate your thoughts here so that I can compile them all in one location.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I had already somewhat made up my mind, until I talked to a coworker.  Her strong outrage that I would even consider doing such a thing to Phoebe&#8217;s stocking really caught me off-guard and made me really wonder if I should reconsider.  She is not a needleworker, but she is a fellow, devoted lover of dogs who currently owns three of her own and has lost at least one previously.<\/p>\n<p>So, please, <em>please<\/em> take a minute to register your thoughts in the comments section.  I really want to know what you think!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a bit torn on how to deal with a delicate situation. Many, many years ago, I stitched a needlepoint stocking for our beloved Phoebe. It has her name on it. 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