Finding Closure

Closure in itself appears to be a terrible word. I don't think that one is able to "close", to distance oneself from something wonderful, from many joyful years. It's been part of my life, an important, a beautiful part.

What you can try, must try, consciously, is not to close out pain, but to understand it, make it bearable. Even though it can still be numbing at times, one cannot ignore the fact, known from day one, that biological life is not eternal. A dog - like everything else - is not for life as the car window stickers claim. It's but a "fixed term" affair.

Recalling this indisputable fact must, when the pain is at its worst, alleviate it; at least a little.

There will probably always be some pain. But there will also be beautiful memories, always and forever. I now know that one is the price of the other. Considering how very much he gave this is but fair.