One Thousand Eight
Hundred Twenty Five
days ago our last ride together ended. It was a day that I knew I had to
face no matter how much it broke my heart. Furby was a very special
friend but he had become quite ill. He loved to go for rides in the car
and we had taken many, but it was time for us to take our last ride
together. As we drove to Virginia my thoughts drifted back to the winter
evening of 1999 when a neighbor knocked on my door with this tiny little
coal black ball curled up in her arms. She handed him to me and said,
“Furby, needs a friend and I think you are it.” To say I was reluctant
was an understatement, but when this tiny creature struggled up my chest
then gently and lovingly licked my nose, he stole my heart. For six
years he was by my side. He was there when 62644.com was born and
through many long nights working on my computer he was right there at my
feet, on my lap, or lying next to the keyboard watching my every move.
He was small in stature but his heart was huge. He was patient when I
spent so many long nights sitting there looking intently into this
strange box on the table but he never left my side. He cried when I had
to leave but always ecstatic when I returned. Together we shared some
good times and some tough times but it didn’t bother him because we were
doing it together. I learned a lot from this little guy who was totally
convinced he was human and to say he was my best friend is an
understatement.
Sadly our last ride together had ended and it was time to once again take him into my arms. Opening the door of Cass Veterinary Services was one of the most difficult things I have ever done in my life because I already knew what Doctor Dan was going to have to tell me. As I was kneeling at the end of the table with my face close to Furby’s and our eyes focus together, the effects of the first injection was taking its affect and he was barely still awake. With every last ounce of determination he had he reached out and for the last time lovingly and gently licked my nose. Furby is no longer physically by my side but his fiery spirit and loving nature will remain in my heart forever. I was given a great gift that winter evening in 1999, a gift that I did not realize the magnitude of at the time. I miss you, my friend.
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow
Bridge.
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