Saturday, November 25, 2006

Goodbye, Willie

Our dog died today. Hit by a little white truck that never even stopped. I was stupid and she was disobedient. I want to roll the clock back. I want to wait another 20 feet before I let her loose and I want to keep my eyes on her to command her obedience. But the clock won't roll back and our life goes racing on.

I'm not a dog-lover. But somehow one grows attached to a beast after 9 or 10 years together. So I grieve. Not in endless tears. But in sudden waves that reach up and grip my heart for a few seconds before the conversation goes tripping on.


Willie, our eternally hopeful dog!

Edith Schaeffer was right when she said, "There is never a neat little portion of time labelled: "Time for exclusive care of upheaval... The end of life just comes up and hits you when you're not looking! "

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

no words, but an other picture of Willy

Anonymous said...

sorry, here is the link:
clicky

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry to hear about Willie, she really was a very nice dog, so much so that I, another non-dog-lover, loved to walk her!

PS my mum is sorry too, she is a dog lover...

Aaron said...

That's quite sad. I think I need to be a little more thankful for Buddy.

Laurie Elliot said...

Thank you all for the comforting words.

Hans, I did walk with all the gang this morning... but I think its going to be hard to keep the habit up without a dog!

And yes, Aaron, you should be thankful for Buddy. :-)