Today I Missed a Friend~ My Tribute to My
Meeko
By Fran Hafey/ Mysti
Today we had our first few snowflakes, not much at all really, but
seeing those pretty white flakes took me back to a time when I was
much happier. Just for this moment, I will grieve once more and
remember the happy days we shared together and then the healing
will come.
I missed a friend today, when I watched the snowflakes fall and
went back to a time when I was putting on my boots, hat, gloves and
coat and running outside to enjoy and to feel the first magical
snowfall.
I always had my best friend by my side, she was also happy to see
the snow. She would follow me as I walked down the snowy white path
to the creek, running a head sometimes but always making sure I
wasn't too far behind.
Sometimes I had to look a bit close to see her, since her white fur
blended well with the snowy landscape and her black nose covered
with snow. Not a coincidence that her name is Meeko, little white
fox.
I sat down on a log by the creek, watching the fluttering
snowflakes fall in a beautiful pattern, making everything look
sparkly and new. She runs to me and looks in my eyes as if to say,
"ok, you're here resting and talking to Spirit/God, so can I run
and play and explore?" I pet her head and she instinctively knows
its ok.
We always had this special bond, from the moment she was born it
seems. She has always been my little guardian angel.
I can go back even farther to the day her Mother, Keesha, gave
birth to her and her siblings in our bedroom on a few blankets. It
was her first and only litter of pups and she was frightened, so I
stayed with her. One pup didn't make it, even though I rubbed and
rubbed its little body with a towel to get its blood flowing.
There were five healthy pups. We later had an unfortunate accident
and another one of our mother dogs killed two of Keesha's babies,
leaving two males and one female. Since I had planned on keeping a
girl, well, Meeko was the one.
As soon as she was weaned, I practically took her from her Mother
and made her like my own child. My kids were at ages where they
didn't seem to need me as much, so Meeko was my baby. We were
inseparable. Even my kids got jealous of how we were so bonded.
They loved her too, but she seemed to have something they didn't
have. No matter what I did wrong, how I looked, smelt or acted, she
loved me unconditionally. She was always there when I cried, was
upset or having a bad day. She cheered me up and made me laugh, she
was so much joy for me.
Don't get me wrong, I love my children and my grandchildren too, I
am a young Nana, but Meeko was like someone I knew from a past
life, and she felt like she has been my Mother or a loving aunt. We
truly had a heart and soul connection.
Meeko was a little smaller than most Samoyeds and when she ran she
looked like a little white fox, so hence her full name, but it was
her spirit and bubbliness that everyone loved so much.
Meeko, my little white fox, was taken too soon from us at the age
of seven, when she was hit by a car on November 6th, 2003. A part
of me seemed to go with her that day. I know she is always near and
that she is happily running through fields of flowers over the
rainbow bridge with her Mother and Grandmother. We live in the
country and we are still dumbfounded at how or what happened that
she went into the road.
This was my first experience with the death of someone I loved so
much that was a big part of my life.
Some people have their opinions that people shouldn't love
animals so much, but I know many more that feel the same way I do.
Our pets are very important parts of our lives. They bring us joy
and teach us unconditional love.
I'm glad I have other pets to keep me busy and bring me joy, but
none have touched my heart like Meeko.
So on the snowy days, when the snowflakes fall, I know I will see
her running and jumping and saying "Come on Mom, let's go for our
magical walk, catching snowflakes on our tongues and sit by the
waters edge, remembering and being...best friends.
Meeko will be missed, but she is never out of my mind and my
heart.
Thank you Meeko for all you gave to me in your lifetime.~
My healing is going well, my little white fox.
Today, I missed a friend.
