Questions.....

So many questions---rhetorical and otherwise--- come up at this time in Sparkey's life....

What if he's still alive when we're supposed to go away the first week of July? We always have dog-sitters, but will we need to hire a veterinary technician to do his home IV? Would we cancel our trip?

What about burial? We have a spot picked out in our yard where we'd like to bury him---nestled in a nook with three rhododendrons where ashes of our dear friend Woody also nourish the soil. Mary called DigSafe since we need them to make sure we won't hit any power lines or pipes in the process. And what do we wrap him in?

Will he be OK when Mary returns to full-time work on Monday? We've all had the luxury of her being home for the last two years.

How will it feel when he stops wanting to eat? How do we make it through these tough transitions?

What will it be like for Tina when he's gone? They've been siblings/housemates for eleven years.

How long will we grieve his physical absence? I still miss my cat Rama who disappeared in 1990....

The list will grow.......

---Keith