A week of highs and lows.
My son’s partner, Emily, is a lovely girl and we are blessed
to have her as part of our family. She tragically lost her own mother in a car
accident one evening and last Monday, July 16th, was the fifth
anniversary of her death. On the same day as this anniversary, Emily’s brother’s
second child was born by caesarean section. I like to think that this gift of
new life was predetermined by Emily’s mother, Liz, to be born on the same day.
This day can now be equally viewed as a celebration, a celebration of a new
life and a celebration of a life that has passed. I helped Emily to make a personalised gift for
the new baby, a nappy sack that can be used later as a toy hamper.
I believe in life after death and have faith that our loved
ones help us in this life although not always in obvious ways. But what about
our much loved pets, are they only to give us pleasure in this life? We have
two cats and one of them, Jess, is not well. He is now 16 years old and so has
had a long life, but he has stopped eating and drinking and is wasting away. We took him to the vet a few weeks ago and nothing obvious was seen but I
think he knows now that it is the end of his life. We are taking him back to see
the vet and we will need to let the vet decide, as Jess is too precious for us
to make that decision.
So I say thank you Liz for giving us Emily to love and I say
thank you Jess for loving us.
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