Coconut Macaroons

Coconut Macaroons – sweetened condensed milk and chewy coconut make up these delicious sweet and chewy cookies.

Last week was a rough one here at the 365 home.

Hence the reason I missed posting on Wednesday and Friday, and why there was no Saturday Sightings post. We’ll resume next week though.

Last Wednesday we said goodbye to this fella.

Keiser was our middle daughter’s Golden Retriever. He was a sweetheart of a pup and would have only turned two this month.

He and Brady, our 11-year-old Golden were best buds. They did everything together, loved wrestling, playing tug-of-war, going on hikes, and swimming in the river when we lived in New Hampshire last year. Keiser kept Brady young and loved to smother him with kisses and tug at this ears, giving him many a bad-hair day as you can see in the upper right picture below.

He loved his momma and was all over our daughter whenever she’d come home from college. He knew exactly who she was and was always so overjoyed to see her. All the excitement of her being home wore him out in the picture below.

Last June he began having seizures and many of those often progressed to cluster seizures. We took him to the vet who diagnosed him as epileptic, saying that they’re actually common in this breed and that many dogs do have a tendency to outgrow them.

We were hopeful after she prescribed a dose of Phenobarbital three times a day, but they continued. Then with trying tried multiple diet changes to no avail, we discussed what other options there were. Yet, as his seizures became more frequent we, unfortunately, knew this final outcome was becoming more of a reality.

Within the last month, the vet prescribed additional medication as well as valium injections. His seizures often occurred during a full moon, so we knew there was a possibility he might have them at some point last week.

What we weren’t prepared for was that they would occur every hour and a half and would continue regardless of how much medication we put into him. He was exhausted and we didn’t want him to continue living that way.

We wanted him to be at peace.

It’s been almost a week and at times I still can’t believe he’s gone. There are the little things that catch me off guard – only one food bowl sits at the counter.

Brady stands alone waiting for a handout at the kitchen where they both used to be, and there are those nose smudges on our bedroom door that I kind of don’t want to wipe off.

We’ll all miss his mischief.

He carried our clothes and shoes around the house while making happy growling noises and he’d often bury his head in between our legs when he was reprimanded.

He loved to dive for rocks while swimming in the river, and of course, we’ll always remember the night he thought he’d get the better of a porcupine but ended up instead with 158 quills stuck to various parts of his body. He’d also been nicknamed Darth because he often sounded like him when he was breathing.

Keiser was a big ol’ goofball with an incredible heart and personality. He was perfect for our family, gave us so much unconditional love and provided us with so many wonderful memories. It goes without saying that he is and will be greatly missed.
Thanks for reading.

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I made these Coconut Macaroons on Monday from this recipe over at Once Upon a Chef, I’d brought some of them over to Mary’s house for our coffee date and had originally planned to post them on Wednesday. So, I’m a little late, but I think you’ll enjoy them just the same.
And just so you know, they didn’t last long, especially the ones dipped in chocolate. 😉

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