thank you
*this was a beautiful speckle of compassion that landed on empty monkey hands during the trials of last (and this) week. courtesy of beautiful silvery fish. thank you. you are amazing. dear all, it's been a quite a long journey, the stretch of a week seems as long as- or even weirder, short as a flash. the news, flight, phone calls, identification, cremation, funeral, now tidying after. did i really go through so many people and did so many things? it seems inconceivable at times. however, i did identify him, just a bit hurt than usual, and once i picked him up from the airport, i did not let him out of my lap until the time i let granny hold him at home, finally. during the service, i walked with him and i have carried him out and laid him in fresh ground, wet with a light rain and mixed sunshine. and i am getting to know this wee kid in a very funny sense. for instance, so far, i have discovered total of 23 lighters in his...