06/10/2021
It's been a long time since making a post, and much has changed in the world. It is sometimes easier for many of us to focus on the losses, but much good has remained.
This has been a time of self-examination and reflection for many, including the examination of past relationships. Our relationship with Klaus included.
In that light, on Sunday, October 3rd, we let go of another aspect of Klaus - the ashes of his little body in the little casket the vet had given us. While it felt like another goodbye, it also was a day filled with his presence. We already had a memorial granite stone, with a little cast iron angel kitty above it, but when I went out to the site with the casket to bury it under the stone, there was sweetest little viola flower blooming right next to the angel kitty's face. I did not plant it there; it came up on its own from a planting many, many feet away. And it just happened to bloom on that day. It was only later that I realized that pansies and violas are flowers that people say have whiskers (and faces). Klaus was with us so clearly that day, and will always be present in our hearts.