So many kind people have said lovely things to me about the demise of Toby.
What if, I thought, what if it had been one--or all--of the Worthless Ones ?
What would the response have been ?
Something like:
I am sorry for your loss of, um, what was the name again? Oh yeah...that one [them ones]
And the fault is all mine.
Toby was an integrated part of my life, before and after Chuck died.
The Worthless Ones ?
I'm not at all sure. They are "here". I am "here".
They share my house, but do they share my life ?
Or will they always be relegated to the secondary class, the ones that are just "here"?
1 comment:
I am sad about Toby. I can still vividly remember the summer that Krissy and I spent a week with you and Chuck in Walla Walla and you picked up new puppies. I think it might have been Heidi and??? What were their names? That was over 25 years ago. Someitmes reading your blog sparks old Chuck and Alan memories that have faded, thank you!
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