Fly Safe Giz

 So much in my head right now...

Yesterday, my advocate had to put his cat of 17 yrs down.  We knew this day was coming, as Giz went blind, and had been going downhill ever since Christmas.  Even though it was inevitable, putting down your beloved pet is gut wrenching, whether its the first time or the 30th time, it never gets easy, Never.

Then there was the question, where will we bury her?  It was decided that she would be buried in my creek bed along my apartment. So the day before, Kevin dug her grave....I watched him from my bedroom window, as he shoveled the hole for her....tears in my eyes...

The day of, yesterday, Kevin had to work, so it would be after work before Giz would be put down...I can't even imagine the sorrow he was dealing with, then having to still work his job...my heart was broken for him...

I felt so helpless...nothing I could do to make this easier for him,  support him and love him.

I took Boomer to the creek at a park...while walking him, I saw beautiful yellow flowers growing by the water...I picked a couple to place in the grave...

I have to explain the white feather....a couple of years ago Kevin was driving me to DC to catch a plane to Oklahoma, on the highway he had a tire blow out...he pulled to the side and started changing the tire...there were tractor semi's screaming by, congested traffic and I was beyond terrified that he would get hit!  I was being thrown into a PTSD attack...but, the oddest thing...standing just behind his car, along this heavily traveled highway...a lone white feather literally came out of nowhere and landed on my foot...immediately I felt peace and calm....that little white feather....

As I was leaving the park with my flowers in hand, I looked down and there, randomly was a little white feather.   I knew this was from the universe to give me assurance that Giz will be fine....so I picked up the feather and added it to my flowers, came home and placed them in the grave to await Giz.

At 4:00 pm, the process would start to help Giz cross over.   At 3:45 I burned sage...asking the souls of departed animals to embrace Giz, and lead her to her new home...

I set up three candles:  1) purple, for calm, peace and smooth passage 2) green, to entreat the earth to accept Giz into its dirt.  To allow Giz to feed the trees, to fertilize the earth...to roam free along the creek bed..3)  the silver candle.  The strongest of all candles, to ensure safe passage, to give strength and knowledge and clarity to Kevin, to safe guard him, and to protect and honor and cherish the soul of Giz.

At 4:00 pm, Kevin sent the text, 'starting the process", I lit the three candles, turned my 10 minute hour glass over and the process began.  I closed my eyes and meditated for this sad event....I had no ideal how long it would take for Giz to pass....but, exactly 4:10, I got the text, it's over, she's gone...and at exactly that moment, the hour glass ran out.  Exactly 10 minutes!  The universe had accepted Giz, given her safe passage, she was on her way, body soul and spirit to my creek.  She is now here, with us, prowling the creek for birds and things to do and play with...chasing other souls of previous critters that lived, thrived and died around my creek...the fact that exactly 10 minutes was all it took, tells me, that the universe was listening!

After she was buried, and we were sitting in my apartment, we talked of Giz, Kevin talked about her antics, her love, he talked about the memories of Giz these past 17 yrs...

I assured him, that Giz was here now, with us...

The next morning, as he was getting ready for work, he said that he "saw" Giz laying at his legs, sleeping...while he was sleeping, Giz entered my apartment and laid down with him....Kevin was kinda freaked out about this, as he is "skeptical" about my beliefs, but too many coincidences leave him wondering, pondering...

I am so thankful that Giz appeared to him...she was telling him "I am okay, I am happy and content, I have no pain, I can see, you saved me"...rest easy and know I am there, always!

I truly believe that life lives on in the spirit realm.  And I also believe that Giz will become stardust, like humans and when a new world is formed, the dust of all our past loves, will come together to form another beautiful planet.

Here are some pics of the days just prior to Giz death...but maybe her body is dead, but her soul lives on, forever!

Fly safe, Giz, until we meet again.

S, 7, Tessa