Thunder this morning. Did you year it? And a brief smattering of rain. Lets hope the lighting doesn’t start California’s next wave of fires, but it is wonderful to briefly smell the freshness. Auspicious because today is Friday the week-iversary.  And time to reflect, which always works better with rain.

On November 18th about a million years ago I posted that Kenzie had come into our lives. I said

“Did you ever have one of these? I believe they are also called “time-eaters”, “furniture destroyers”and “finger-biters”. They have all the charm of a new born baby with agile long legs and very sharp teeth. We are in the early stages of acceptance a la Kubler-Ross. First there’s denial that your life has forever changed and nothing will be the same again. I briefly touched the Anger stage this morning when my foot stepped in something unmentionable on the carpet.”

Well a million years goes by faster than it used to and last friday morning Kenzie went on ahead without us. She was lying on her peacefully bed in the living room surrounded by her people who were stroking and praising her and it was mercifully without pain, but somehow still hurt us terribly.

There are now too many spaces in our homes without her now. We are surrounded by her absence.