"You weren't the same that day. Most people miss it entirely, but I knew."
She was terrified when the thumping began. Two legs outstretched hitting the wall like the thump of an unbalanced washing paper.
thump-thump-thump-thump...
"Mommy came to our room as soon as she heard it and moved me away. I was scared. She was, too."
Grand mal seizures display a mathematical violence few can comprehend. Seeing it, feeling it and succumbing to that horrible place where you are helpless. thump-thump-thump-thump...
"Our senses are our survival. The smell from you early that evening said you were not okay. I cuddled up to you just loving you."
"Mommy moved me away so she could tend to you. Then she came over and cuddled me when it was all over. You took a while to recover. Before long, we were back on our soft, clean beds and sound asleep."
"Then the next morning, the thumping began again. Mommy was there immediately and took you away from me in the car. I didn't know what happened, but she said something to me."
"Later you came home and Mommy was exhausted. Crying. I stayed closer to her than normal. I tripped her a few times just following her around, but she understood."
"Two days later, she came to me and put you next to me. She said something with the saddest look in her eyes. I saw tears running down her cheeks. Then you both went out the door into the car and left."
"When she returned you were not with her. She sat on my bed and took me in her arms crying. She talked to me and then left the room. I never left her side again. Ever."
"I got to go on lots of rides with her. Downtown, to the farmer's market, to the grocery store, post office and bank."
"She was never the same after you left. Nor was I."
"Then I got sick and Mommy was right there. Crying. Comforting. She took me in the car to the vet's office. The vet took me right away. Mommy said something and the vet said something back to her. I had never seen the vet so sad as she dropped her head and gently shook it side to side. I knew it was my time, too."
In Loving Memory
- Mommy
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