Sparky’s Spirit is In My Heart

It is 1:11AM as I sit to write this. I just came back from taking Sparky to the vet where the people from Pet-Heaven will take care of his remains. What remains is the beautiful spirit of Sparky in my heart. Just after I wrote the last post, I laid down to see if he would settle down. I had tried to do that earlier but he got restless. And I got restless. Most nights, if I was on the computer, he would wait until I would lay down to sleep with the lights off.  That is when he would come and sleep next to me on his cushion, right next to my bed. It was a daily ritual which I always thought was sweet.

As I laid down, I lit a candle with the lights off. He stood in the doorway and looked at me, turned around and went into Cristian’s room. I got the thought that he wanted the lights out. I blew out the candle and he came back to my room,  and right that minute he collapsed  next to me on his cushion. I got up from my bed, gave him a big hug and he took his last breath. This all happened within 15 minutes of my last post.

Cristian came in and hugged him too as we both cried together. Cristian said it was bittersweet. We were happy to share this moment and that Sparky took his last breath this way. My sister was on her way with my niece to see him for the last time, but when she arrived it was too late.  We all then took him to the vet. As I left, I felt at peace for the way this happened. It was very fast and unexpected. His paw was already healing, but at least he didn’t suffer too much. Time to rest.