A poem for Lady Muffin (? - July 3, 2009)

The Rainbow Bridge inspired by a Norse legend







By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill,

Is a lush, green meadow where time stands still.

Where the friends of man and woman do run,

When their time on earth is over and done.



For here, between this world and the next,

Is a place where each beloved creature finds rest.

On this golden land, they wait and they play,

Till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day.



No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness,

For here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness.

Their limbs are restored, their health renewed,

Their bodies have healed, with strength imbued.



They romp through the grass, without even a care,

Until one day they start, and sniff at the air.

All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back,

Then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack.



For just at that instant, their eyes have met;

Together again, both person and pet.

So they run to each other, these friends from long past, The time of their parting is over at last.



The sadness they felt while they were apart,

Has turned into joy once more in each heart.

They embrace with a love that will last forever,

And then, side-by-side, they cross over… together.







© 1998 Steve and Diane Bodofsky.

Hope is waning

This picture is of her left eye. While I was out of town for 10 days, Muffin had several complications arise.

Both eyes became scratched (possibly by her hair) and she had an abscess form on her shoulder. This picture shows one eye - and its apparently better! (Looks horrific to me!)

Hope for Muffin's (temporary) recovery is waning. Its been about 6 weeks, and if she were going to walk again, we'd see some signs by now. I asked Dr. Rovner if he still has hope and he did agree that he's not as hopeful as he was before.

I think it may be time to set a date by which we need to let her go if she's not significantly better.... What do you think?


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