Aerin​ with Nym, Duncan and Coco in
Just an Immeasurable Weight

For me, there’s this apprehension in opening my heart to the uncertainty of new beginnings.

There are some things I’m sure of. I’m sure the rain makes the flowers grow. I’m sure the sun burns if you get too close. I’m sure there are angels walk this earth beside us. But I’ve never been sure how to begin again... to know how much a heart can hold…

So, when Aerin told me “this [moment in the painting] was Duncan and Nym’s first weekend home” with her, I think I finally understood. “Coco, in the background, is a 15 year old rescue. A few months earlier, we all felt the profound sorrow of losing our oldest and most dear Italian Greyhound, Buckley. I was devastated. I couldn’t get out bed for days. When I held Duncan, I realized he had a tiny heart marking on his rear leg. I knew then that my beloved Buckley had sent him - and her - to me and this moment was the feeling of new love filling our home and our hearts.”

Maybe there are no beginnings and no ends. Maybe a love this great is limitless… Maybe our hearts are meant to hold an immeasurable weight…

©Daune Sheri
April 3, 2018