For Dr. Rusty Bean

Thirty years with steady hands, a listening heart, a healer’s art, mending bodies, calming fears, compassion present from the start.

From puppies’ first unsure hello to old friends eased with grace, you practiced medicine with mercy and kindness set the pace.

Once red-haired, now worn to gray, time’s fingerprints well earned, hips that ache, a stomach that protests, yet wisdom deeply learned.

A fishe…