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Reverend Don died this morning at 4:30 AM. Peace.
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Reverend Don died this morning at 4:30 AM. Peace. Katy and the neighbors. At 4:30 this morning the Reverend Don passed from this earth. May his soul rest in peace. I'm reposting this account of last weeks visit to see him and his wife--and Katy. This morning, M. and I went to visit neighbors who have the Grim Reaper pounding on the door of their home. They are a Texas minister and his wife. Both are on oxygen, and both were in a hospice last month for 3 weeks. For the sake of this post, I'm calling them Don and Mary. They have a beautiful female Border Collie, Katy who is now five years old, and this post revolves around Katy. If I'm able to find the picture of Katy in the photo gallery of THIS computer, I'll put KATY'S picture at the top of this post so those of you who love dogs can see the little darling. Reverend Don, and his wife are a couple in their early eighties. I wrote about them last summer. Some of you old and dear readers, may remember the story of how I was contacted by Reverend Don by email regarding his new computer that the Reverend Don, couldn't get to do anything.. The asking for help for the reverend's new computer was really just a ruse to get me over to Don and Mary's home, where the reverend could quietly take me aside and ask if I would take Katy to live with me when Don was through with this earth. Reverend Don and I got to know each other many years ago when Don inherited a five acre plot of sand with a falling down cabin a few miles from my place. I believe the year was 1992. Since I've lived in this same house on the desert since 1976, Reverend Don and I became close friends. I helped Don demolish his old cabin, and build a new desert home in place of the old cabin. During those years, Don and I worked closely together at hard physical labor. The knowledge that Don had been a very successful Christian Minister with a large congregation and still had many connections with religious people, sort of wore off me. Don learned all my<b> sins. </font></b>Most of them sexual. He never criticised me. Don wasn't married to Mary at that time. His wife to be, a childhood sweetheart, was still living in Texas. Reverend Don saw that a was always with me. Usually more than one dog. He learned by observation that I loved animals.. And so back to today. Marisol and I went to the minister's home at 10:30 this morning. A car load of relatives was just leaving as we got there. When we went inside, a doctor and his nurse were just finishing up with forms to be signed and medications to be handed out and yada, yada, yada. Katy knew me immediately and when I sat down in a corner living room chair to stay out of the way, Katy came to me, licked my hand, then lay down on the living room rug next to my chair. Border Collies are at the top of the dog's smart chain. Katy knows Don, the man she adores, is on his way--kicking and fighting, and grasping at all the available vegetation-- off the edge of this world. Katy probably has even figured out that when Don passes on, and if Mary remains still alive, Mary won't be able to live out here by herself, and Katy will come to me.. After everyone had gone, and only the Reverend Don and his wife, and Marisol and I, and of course Katy were left. Don repeated to me that he wanted Katy to go with me, when his time was up. Marisol and I were careful not to trip over the 1/4 inch oxygen tubes that were all across the living room floor like strings of spaghetti, giving both the Reverend and his wife the oxygen they needed to keep breathing. Marisol and I returned home. The reverend's wife can still take care of Katy. Katy is no trouble at all. The reverend's yard is all fenced, and Katy is free to go outside in the yard when she wants to. Mostly Katy stays by Don's side waiting for Don's end to come. When it does the Reverend Don will rest easy with the knowledge the animal he loves will go to a new home where she'll be cherished the way he cherishes her.... Amen. by Stardust, 5-6-11 Friday evening..   |
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i remember that blog you wrote...I see in a more recent post your friend has passed..i am sorry for your loss I am sure it gave him comfort knowing you would take care of his dog for him
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i remember that blog you wrote...I see in a more recent post your friend has passed..i am sorry for your loss I am sure it gave him comfort knowing you would take care of his dog for him    je ne regrette rien
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I went and got Katy this morning. She has already bonded with White Ghost Dog, and Stretch Limousine is a little jealous of her but I know how to handle that. I've already taken Katy and my other two dogs on a 2 mile walk around the outside of my property to give Katy the perspective of where her new home is in case she gets outside the fence... After the first few hundred yards I took her off the leash, and she's such a smart little dog, she stayed right with me. She's really a love. xxxxdavid ps I hope you had no damage from the storm!
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Thanks sweetness. Everyone leaves eventually. I certainly have lived here long enough to see them drop all around me. xxxxdavid
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