I hereby baptize you" said my friend. We took him outside and put him back on the sidewalk again. "He even looks different"
One day, about 15 years ago now, I had to say goodbye to my dog. Her name was Tootsie.
She was the greatest and bravest dog I have ever had and perhabs will ever have. Simply awesome and I loved her to bits.
But when she got old, she got sick. The doctor suspected it was bonecancer, but he couldn't be sure
because he didn't have the means to make the call.
For sure she was going to die tho, but that's not what she wanted: no matter what, she wanted to keep on living.
I remember walking and playing with her during her final days and that she just was adamant to keep on living.
Always playing and being happy, like she was still a puppy. Not giving up, not for a second.
But, I knew and waited for the day when the final proces would start.
When it came, my father called me on the phone, because I wasn't living at home anymore, but I came as quickly as I could.
It was clear death had taken its hold on her.
Then I spent 3 more days with her, guiding her through the last tribulations.
And they were hard, very hard. But she wouldn't stop, no matter the Pain, she just wouldn't stop.
She just wanted to live, live, live! Just play, be happy and such a beautiful Soul.
So I prayed for her. Oh yes, did I pray for her.
I didn't think, or expect it would matter, but it did.
It eased and stopped her suffering; she stopped crying and moaning ánd it gave her the final blow:
After I prayed for her to die, she first slept for several hours. Then she awoke from sleep for the last time and she wanted to walk.
So I took her out with me and we walked for the last time. In the middle of the night. And then she fell.
The way she screamed out the pain when she did, was as if she was saying: I don't want to go, but release me please!
The next morning, I took her with my father to the doctor to put her out of her misery.
On the way to her final resting place, she was at total peace, as if she understood completely what we were going to do with her.
And when she passed away, her spirit stopped by to thank me, as a breath of fresh air and life. Before it flew off. Into the sky.
I will NEVER forget that.