goodbyes

Today our family said goodbye to a pet; the first long lived pet my kids have ever had to say goodbye to. (Goldfish toilet funerals dont count.) Yeah, he was 'just' a guinea pig...but he meant alot to my kids, and I admit, me too. He's been having a hard go, for the last few weeks, having episodes of up and down. Today, he succumbed finally. The girls spent all day holding him, and making him as comfortable as they could. They got him to drink, and take a bite of food. They snuggled and held him until he died. He has a special spot now, in the flower bed, marked by a painted rock. He will be missed by all of us. Hopefully when the time comes, we all could be so lucky as to have a goodbye like he did.