Poko, our companion for the last thirteen years has died. She belonged to me and to the parish, especially to the children. Thank you for sharing in my grief and loss. Your many expressions of sympathy have consoled me and have honored Poko.

I am deeply grateful for the exceptional care that Poko received from Doctors Greg Bowerman, Lisa Rehberger and Hans Ewerts and the entire staff at Peninsula Veterinary Clinic. Poko was not only their patient, they were her friends. Many parishioners bonded with Poko in a special love. The joy and care they brought to her life, they also brought to mine.

What now? When we deal with departed pets we are dealing with mystery. However, everyone and everything belongs to God. In that thought I take comfort and see Poko rolling with abandon and eternal joy in sand and grass.

Good bye Poko. Good bye Shungo Buf Pōkō,
the Dog of Sand Grass Spring Place.

Fr. Ron