Grover Peabody Thomas-Asher

05/25/2022

11/25/2021

He didn’t make it to Friday. My heart is shattered into a million pieces. It feels like all of the joy has gone out of my life and I’m just…lost right now.
Even with the pain, I am still filled with gratitude. Every single night, for the past eleven and a half years, I have thanked G-d for the gift of Grover in my life. I am grateful to my friend, Jason, for getting Grover with me and loving him so much. I am thankful to the veterinarians who have treated him, including the team that helped him transition.
I am most grateful to my boy, my baby, my heart. You were patient with me, forgiving, loving. You were the best cuddle buddy, road trip companion, and taste-tester/dropped food picker-upper. I will be forever changed by loving you and being loved by you. My best friend, thank you so much for giving me the tremendous honor of being your dad. Grover, I will love you always.

10/28/2019

Dad wanted pictures of me, sitting in front of the fireplace in my costume. Happy Howloween!

08/10/2019

❤️ Joe Zupkus

05/30/2019

I turned 10 today. There was a custom made cake, bacon maple ice cream, and more love than can ever be expressed.

09/09/2018

“Dad, I’m either stopping you from packing/leaving or I’m coming with you.”

08/12/2018

Family road trip to St. Louis, Day 3. August 2018, another “Grover Sees America” entry:

Photo 1: Ready for the trip back to Chicago
Photo 2: “It’s a lot of work to be a co-pilot...I think I’m better suited to do this, dad.”

08/12/2018

Family road trip to St. Louis, Day 2. August 2018, another “Grover Sees America” entry:

Photo 1: “This was a comfy bed, dad. Can we get one like it at home?”
Photo 2: “Dad!! Guess what? St. Louis is out there!”
Photo 3: Early morning, back at the Arch
Photo 4: Gotta get him in the picture!
Photo 5: The small lake along the river
Photo 6: St. Louis Arch
Photo 7: “Our friends are on a boat...where is it?”
Photo 8: “I see it now!”
Photo 9: The Arch at sunset
Photo 10: We are family.

08/12/2018

Family road trip to St. Louis, Day 1. Another “Grover Sees America” entry:

Photos 1 and 2: Getting ready to go!
Photo 3: Dog is my co-pilot
Photo 4: A certain co-pilot is not doing his job
Photo 5: Wonder what he is thinking?
Photo 6: Checking out the St. Louis Arch
Photo 7: In front of the Arch
Photo 8: Somepuppy’s first hotel stay...he likes the pillow top bed.
Photo 9: “This is just my size! Where is your bed, dad?”
Photo 10: Reading, relaxing, and snoozing. (He let me share the bed after all.)

07/21/2018

I believe somepuppy was warned that chewing on his bandages would come with consequences. Now enter the cone of shame.

05/30/2018

There should always be cake and ice cream for a good birthday boy. (Picture two is him thinking that, if he moves slowly enough, I won’t notice him inching toward the cake.)