I write this from Australia Wednesday 21st May 2025. Very recently I moved interstate with my eldely companion cat Sooty to live closer to my son and his family. Today Sooty was euthanized because his heart was failing fast.
So now I definitely feel between two worlds - between the home I left and a cat who was my constant companion, and a new home without my cat now in a new city I have yet to become settled in. Thank you for your gentle words which helped me realise there's something new for me around the corner.
Oh dear Sooty, your precious and loyal companion. I’m sorry to hear of his passing. Our animal friends really are some of our very best friends, and losing them is a grief that’s hard to bring into words. It feels to me like he saw you safely to your new cocoon, but knew somehow that the growing required in this new chrysalis is the kind of growth best done solo. There’s an ache in walking forwards without him, but also an opportunity to lean into the places where he was strong on your behalf, and find your own strength there, in time. Of course, Sooty is still with you always, his energy swirls all around you. He’s leaving you little messages every day, if you look for them. Let me know when you see them. (PS Australia is my homeland too - Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!) xxx
ahhhhhh...the spaces between stories, the places where questions can breathe... I turn these words around and around to gaze at them---thank you for this gift! Without those spaces between the notes...a song would be drowned in cacophony. This morning I watch the tender green shoots of growth expanding in the spaces I allow for them.
It brings me great joy to see what flourishes in you after I share what has flourished in me. Something beautiful begets something exquisite. The space between the notes….the tender green shoots….these are dazzling thoughts…..keep them coming! xx
I write this from Australia Wednesday 21st May 2025. Very recently I moved interstate with my eldely companion cat Sooty to live closer to my son and his family. Today Sooty was euthanized because his heart was failing fast.
So now I definitely feel between two worlds - between the home I left and a cat who was my constant companion, and a new home without my cat now in a new city I have yet to become settled in. Thank you for your gentle words which helped me realise there's something new for me around the corner.
Oh dear Sooty, your precious and loyal companion. I’m sorry to hear of his passing. Our animal friends really are some of our very best friends, and losing them is a grief that’s hard to bring into words. It feels to me like he saw you safely to your new cocoon, but knew somehow that the growing required in this new chrysalis is the kind of growth best done solo. There’s an ache in walking forwards without him, but also an opportunity to lean into the places where he was strong on your behalf, and find your own strength there, in time. Of course, Sooty is still with you always, his energy swirls all around you. He’s leaving you little messages every day, if you look for them. Let me know when you see them. (PS Australia is my homeland too - Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!) xxx
Thank you fellow Aussie ☺️
ahhhhhh...the spaces between stories, the places where questions can breathe... I turn these words around and around to gaze at them---thank you for this gift! Without those spaces between the notes...a song would be drowned in cacophony. This morning I watch the tender green shoots of growth expanding in the spaces I allow for them.
It brings me great joy to see what flourishes in you after I share what has flourished in me. Something beautiful begets something exquisite. The space between the notes….the tender green shoots….these are dazzling thoughts…..keep them coming! xx
I will :) Your words inspire me. xx