02.02.2010 - 27.02.2026 There isn't much I can or want to write right now. She was and is a light. She left so much of her with us, that I know her legacy will live untill we are. Until our next puppies are. She made a path to so many hearts, a path that will continue in the next four - legged family members, that she'll live for always and ever. Auri.

I’m thinking about paths today. Paths of self-discovery. Paths toward understanding what my body, my soul, and maybe even the world need from me. Paths of “right choices” and the question underneath: right for whom? There are paths we step onto deliberately. And others we find ourselves walking without ever being asked. Sometimes we walk so long we forget there were other directions. And then there are the short paths. The ones that end abruptly. A favorite actor died this week. Too soon. Too...

That is how long Auri has been a guideline for time, resilience and gratefulness. She came into my life at seven weeks old, a soft bundle of calmness, curiosity and paws. This month she turned sixteen. In human terms, she is a silver-haired professor. In Labrador terms, she is still very clear about breakfast time. Her name was born from two northern lights: Aurora Borealis and aurinko, the Finnish word for sun. And she's been holding up for both. Over the years, we've travelled, weathered...