Today is July 25th 2013… it is the 7 month anniversary of my beloved’s passing. It seems only a second… yet an eternity. When we lived in town … and David was home from the rail… we would sit on the front steps in the evening and enjoy the moments there. A neighbor passing by… the sound of crickets… the cooling of the air on a hot day.
After we moved out here… we would go out at night and look in wonder up at the night sky… the milky way in all her splendor… the brightness of the stars scattered across the expanse… the absolute beauty of the moon… it’s amazing how different it looks out here than just in the little town of Torrington… I remember the dimness of the stars when I was actually living in the cities… but out here… such grandness…
It is still the cool of the morning although it is starting to warm… and the kennel waters need cleaned and freshened… I’ve had my coffee, a bit of cantaloupe and a whole grain bagel with a bit of cream cheese… breakfast is done… time to pull on those compression pants and get with it. Frankly I am amazed at the difference they make.
I did get two more dogs coats pulled then bathed yesterday…. Slowly making progress. One of them gave me a bit of a start… she had lost most of the previous years fleece and was already putting on her undercoat for this coming season. No I did not pull the new fleece… well a little bit of it before I realized what it was. I’d brought two more in to do … but my body had other plans… it simply crashed… the end was not doing any more… so they did not get done. Much later in the night I was able to take them back to their run… they were happy fellows to be back in their home space.
No headache per se this morning… this is a good thing. Just tired and wanting things to be settled with the interviews and such regarding our retirement annuity. I dreamt of David and others that have gone on before… for the past 2 nights… night before last it was Cheyenne… my border collie that was with me for around 18 to 20 years… she was a very good friend and it was good to see her … even if it was just briefly in a dream…
Last nights dream… I can only remember bits and pieces of… David was there… as well as quite a few other people. There was a woman and her husband there as well… folks I did not recognize… His time was not yet up… but her time was nearing it’s conclusion in this life… her body was dying of bone cancer… David had already passed … yet he was there. I think he was there for her to escort her across.
No wonder my brain feels like it’s an egg in a hot frying pan basted in olive oil…
Later taters…
Mary E. Robbins
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