ETERNAL BROTHERS
I only held him in my arms for a brief time before releasing him into the dark waters. But in that time, so much of who he was flowed into my being, into my heart, into my soul, I was reluctant to let him go. But, I knew – he would die if I did not make the sacrifice. I yawned, stretched and got out of bed. It was a long holiday weekend and I found myself at odds with what to do. The last few weeks had been treacherous at work. I needed to get away for a few days. The love of my life had passed away five years earlier but I still wasn’t over it. I wondered if I would ever get over it. The idea of finding someone new was beyond consideration. I would never let myself become so absorbed, so entwined, so dedicated to another human being. I couldn’t go through that pain of loss again. I did have Max, a pup we had shared from the day he was born, three years before Jeff left me. It was some consolation, though I wondered how many more years before Max passed on. The lifespan of p...