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Merlie Boy.

2/8/2019

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MERLIE BOY.
Our old boy has passed.
DIED.
MOVED ON.


It feels silent in the house.
Empty, quiet in a way
where you feel something
is missing.


ONLY GOOD TIMES AND FOND MEMORIES REMAIN.

Merlie Boy was in his fourteenth year.

WHAT IS THAT LIKE 100 OR SOMETHING IN DOG YEARS?

So much of our lives included his grand presence.
His ability to “be with” who ever would allow him to
just sit and be with them.

HE ENRICHED ALL OF OUR LIVES. 


 Dr. Jill told us
it could be
four to six months.


IT WAS JUST OVER FOUR.

Merlin would spend so much of his last days
just following us around
the house.

LAYING AT OUR FEET.

PUTTING HIS HEAD IN OUR LAPS.

THROWING A PAW OVER MY FOOT. 

He understood his

MAGICAL PURPOSE IN THIS LIFE.

Just to "BE WITH"
those that he loved.

He knew what the
one
most important thing was.


At Dr. Jill's on his last night,
he lay his paw across my foot.


I AM HERE MAMA,
I AM HERE.
AND IT IS
ALL
OKAY.


The whole of his life he looked up at us
with eyes that
SPARKLED.

His life force was so rich,
it was as if rivers of diamonds

reflected in those eyes.

And so we say

OUR GOODBY S
TO OUR
MERLIE BOY.

WE LOVE YOU MORE THAN THE
ENTIRE UNIVERSE
AND
THE GALAXY BEYOND.

GOOD JOURNEY.

Mama, Papa, Dharma Dharma, Bumble Bee
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Susan Cristini
2/12/2019 02:05:11 pm

I'm crying like a baby. What you say is so true. Merlin just loved to sit with you and just "be". He didn't ask for much -- a rub behind the ears or a stroke down his back. I wish I had been able to say good-bye. I shall miss his sweetness. Thanks for this.

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