I know I go on about him and I’m not ashamed of talking about him. He was a massive part of our life, and if you have never experienced the unconditional love of a pet I suggest you get one, you are missing out.
Today we needed one final picture to go into the frame that was supplied by the vet with his footprint made into a cast, taken when he passed away.
We now have these items on a shelf in a bookcase in the corner of the room. That’s now Alf’s shelf and it’s all about him.
We come here and speak to him, we wish him good morning and good night and regularly tell him what a good boy he is. We cry here, I’m doing it now, how does such a beautiful, peaceful loving creature get taken away, why do we have to suffer grief.
That’s life I suppose. We were given a gift when he came into our care, and we absolutely cherished that opportunity we were given. But we want more. And we can’t have it. You can truly have too much of a good thing, a sizeable piece of us disappeared when Alf passed.
I know at the beginning I said if you have never experienced the unconditional love of a pet then get one. I add a caveat to that, just be prepared to have your heart and feelings ripped into a million pieces when they leave you.
If you are not prepared or can’t do it, then don’t. You are not ready yet.
I’m not soft, I’m free with my feelings, I can be tough when I have to be, and believe me, cross me or my family and you’d know. But here we have 5 kilos of fluff that just stole our hearts.
Grief is a bastard. But it’s one of those feelings in life you sign up to as part of the bargain of existence.
Peace to you all.
Foxes Den 