I Am Enough, and So Are You.
This photo was taken 6 days before mom passed away. To look at her I would never know the end was coming. I thought there would be more time, I always thought there would be just one more day. So many times there were-until there were not. Some people say the animals sense these things. Mom was ALWAYS Herk’s person, so it didn’t strike me as odd that he followed her around driving her crazy. She was getting tired and spent a lot of time on this couch. She would sit on one side and he would sit on the other. I always said I didn’t want him on the furniture, but I had long since given up because he brought mom peace and she deserved that. Through the years whenever mom would go to the hospital, Herk would stop eating and would sit and stare out the window waiting for her to come home. When she had extended stays he lost weight, didn’t want to eat, and wouldn’t even lift his head to be petted. In her final days I often found him laying at her feet curled up....
