[PyrNet-L] Touched by My Angel

["Colette and Warrick Wilson" <warrickw@bond.net>]

I have often sat and thought about the incredibly strong influence Pyrs
have on our lives.  I suppose this kind of influence can extend from
other breeds but I seem most often touched by the Pyr spirit.

Our Sam, went to the bridge in September.  Despite the passage of time
and introduction of a new dog, I still feel his absence and experience
the sting of grief daily.  This weekend, he reached out to me from the
Bridge and gave me the most incredible feeling of comfort and peace that
I have known.

I had spun some fine wool from the results of his last "blow".  From it
I knitted a beret.  After he was gone, despite my intentions when
planning and knitting it, I couldn't bring myself to wear it.  I had to
save it from wear and tear and harm....  it had to last forever.  And so
it sat...sometimes I carried it with me in my knitting bag but most of
the time it was away.

I have an Aunt who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.  She is my
favorite Aunt, if there is such a thing and a woman of incredible faith
and indomitable spirit.  For the past two months I have spent many of my
days caring for her or driving her to treatments in another city, going
to Dr's appointments or just sitting with her.  Despite her impending
death she still has a wonderful sense of humor and we have enjoyed the
benefit of that when experimenting with head wraps to cover the hair
loss from surgery and treatments.

Last week, while sitting at the hospital and working on another project
(from Pyr hair) she noticed the beret.  She asked to see it and if she
could try it on.  It fit nicely and looked really wonderful on her.  She
has a lovely dark complexion and eyes and the creamy color of "Sam's
beret" were meant for each other.

She loves it and asked if she could wear it because it kept her head
warm and was so soft against her skin which can be very itchy from the
hair loss and the radiation burn.  I couldn't deny her...so she will
wear it until she no longer choses to or needs to.  She is so proud of
it, telling everyone what it is and how it came to be.

When I see her wearing it I can't help but feel like I've been touched
by my Angel.

Colette

Colette Wilson
Avignon Reg'd Kennels
Great Pyrenees & Berger des Pyrenees
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
mailto:avignon@bond.net
http://www.bond.net/~warrickw/avignon/avignon.html