Creek Running North

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Om Mani Padme Hum…

i always like that one of the syllables reflected wisdom born in the spirit soul of the protector of the animals of the world. 

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You three are in my thoughts.  Especially you two whose hearts are breaking.  Sing him a song for me.

Well, there’s really nothing that can be said, except that it’s inevitable, and that you’re doing the right thing for Zeke.  And that he will live on, not only in the minds of you and Becky, but of all the people who have, and will continue to, read what you’ve written about him and be moved to tears by it, as so many of us no doubt are hearing this news.

Give him a kiss for me. 

weeping

Thank you for your courage in sharing this heartbreaking event. You all have been in my thoughts daily during these last days. I am sorry for your troubles.

I’m gonna go home and hug my dog now. As soon as I stop crying.

I’m sorry, Chris, but be strong for him so he can get through this knowing you’re by his side and will see him through it. My thoughts are with all three of you even as I weep. Take care.

Oh Chris I’m so sorry.  Long anticipation of something this unwelcome doesn’t make it any easier.  You’ve had a long run of years full of love with him and the rest of your and Becky’s years will be richer because of it.  Having lost beloved animals who lived with us for as many years as Zeke has lived with you I know how hard it is.  I hope the sympathy of strangers brings some comfort to you both.

The three of you have been, and will continue to be in my thoughts. Zeke’s a lucky dog to have such wonderful people to guide him through this time.

Take care.

I’m so sorry.  My thoughts and heart are with you all...and the “furry sparks” in my own home are benefiting from that…

I cried reading the last few days of posts this morning, and now I’m crying again.  I just don’t have words.  Scritches for Zeke, and may his journey be peaceful.

What a wonderful dog.

Chris, I don’t know what to say.  I hope it helps that all of our arms are around you.

Chris - I’m sorry for your impending loss. If there’s anything I can do, let me know…

Sean

Someone recently posted part of Rilke’s Eighth Elegy from the Duino Elegies.  I read this section of the same poem today, and immediately thought of Zeke:

If the animal
coming toward us so surely
from another direction
had our kind of consciousness
he’d drag us around in his sway.
But his being
is infinite to him
incomprehensible, and without
a sense of his condition
pure as his gaze.
And where we see the future
he sees everything
and himself in everything
healed and whole
forever.

He’s the best boy ever.  My love to all of you.

Right there with you all. Don’t try to be strong. That’s what we’re here for.

Tell him stories of the best times you had with him.  Tell him he has many friends who love him. Even those friends who have never met him will remember him. You are all in my loving thoughts.

I wish you peace to be utterly present while he’s with you.  (I hope he still is, as I write.) This is love’s time.  I think he’d like to hear you telling him stories about the old adventures, softly, close to his ear.  If I were a dog, that’s what I’d want to hear.  I’d drift off into dreams.

Sad, Chris. My sympathies.

My thoughts and love are with you.  Take care, dear friends. 

His body, old and ravaged, relaxes -
Free at last, again and always,
Of pain and infirmity.

His soul, unbowed and stainless, expands -
Free and dancing,
Into the foreverlands.

Wishing all of you peace.

Words fail.  Love to the three of you.

I’m so sorry, Chris.  The 3 of you are in our thoughts, and will be for a long, long time.

Holding you all.

you got it, all three of you.

So sorry.  I’ll be thinking of you.

holding you all in the light.