[Dailydrool] From Jackie to Jacqie Marvich

[Jacquelynn Chazey]

I am on a mission to heal my heart, so I watch a lot of hallmark movies.
 One, I watched yesterday was called "Cancel Christmas", and it was so
wonderful, really, really fun while not so horribly bitter sweet as are
some.  In the dialogue of the actors, I learned of a Kipling poem which I
have since researched.  I feel great empathy with you Jacqie because my
Pierre Sr. was just so special.

Here is the poem, and know there are many of us who are in a similar place.
 Sr. passed in 09, and I think this is the first year in a long while I
have not had a break down about his passing.  I guess it took a hurricane
and Nigel's extreme eye surgery to distract me.

Here is Kipling's poem.

God bless and healing drool to all


   *The Power of the Dog*

      THERE is sorrow enough in the natural wayFrom men and women to
fill our day;And when we are certain of sorrow in store,Why do we
always arrange for more?Brothers and Sisters, I bid you bewareOf
giving your heart to a dog to tear.

      Buy a pup and your money will buyLove unflinching that cannot
lie--Perfect passion and worship fedBy a kick in the ribs or a pat on
the head.Nevertheless it is hardly fairTo risk your heart for a dog to
tear.

      When the fourteen years which Nature permitsAre closing in
asthma, or tumour, or fits,And the vet's unspoken prescription runsTo
lethal chambers or loaded guns,Then you will find--it's your own
affair--But...you've given your heart for a dog to tear.

      When the body that lived at your single will,With its whimper of
welcome, is stilled (how still!);When the spirit that answered your
every moodIs gone--wherever it goes--for good,You will discover how
much you care,And will give your heart for the dog to tear.

      We've sorrow enough in the natural way,When it comes to burying
Christian clay.Our loves are not given, but only lent,At compound
interest of cent per cent.Though it is not always the case, I
believe,That the longer we've kept 'em, the more do we grieve:For,
when debts are payable, right or wrong,A short-time loan is as bad as
a long--So why in Heaven (before we are there)Should we give our
hearts to a dog to tear?

      *Rudyard Kipling*
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