July 4, 2002 ~ March 4, 2015
Male mackerel tabby
Beloved pet and fellow traveler
who sweetened this life ...
Taggie, you will never be forgotten, nor can you be replaced. Once is enough to make the tough decision we faced together, one that for me came with heavy responsibility and regret.
The day before, I had asked for a sign from you that the time had come to end your suffering. You gave that sign clearly ... and another one, too, that let me know the exact moment you leaped across the Rainbow Bridge. Thank God for the miraculous sign—a story I will tell one day.
You are part of the Memorial for the horses too; after all, you were there at its inception and for 8 of its years. Ultimately, you were by my side for 13 years (since you were 6 weeks old) on our travels around Southern California ... my “muse” and constant companion, in the car and in every house and hotel, often putting your head on the laptop keyboard as I wrote.
Rest in peace and be free!
You are part of the Memorial for the horses too; after all, you were there at its inception and for 8 of its years. Ultimately, you were by my side for 13 years (since you were 6 weeks old) on our travels around Southern California ... my “muse” and constant companion, in the car and in every house and hotel, often putting your head on the laptop keyboard as I wrote.
I’d gotten used to being single and alone; but when I lost you I understood on an entirely different level what aloneness is. You had been an angelic presence, so good and kind. And I still miss you, for there can never be another Taggie.
