I HAD THE PERFECT DREAM.
Andrea, Jasper, Beauregard and i drove to Michigan to have a play day. We stopped in Angola for snacks and potty breaks and drove all the way to the beach.
It was the perfect day. the sun shone bright and warm and the breeze coming off the lake kept everything even.
Jasper and i sat under a tree and watched as Andrea and Beauregard splash in the lake and run through the sand.
We sat and had lunch, peanut butter and fresh cool water. We sat in the shade and watched as the sun began to set over the water and my heart smiled a loving smile as i looked at my family lazy and happy on the beach, in the sun.
soon it came time to end our play day so we gathered up out things and got back into the car.
i began to drive, not towards home, but towards the bridge that separated the two sides of Michigan. This was going to be the way my world ended. I was going to drive over the bridge into the undiscovered country with my wife and children, to be happy and peaceful forever more...
as i drove on i heard a kind of siren, like the air raid sirens of world war two, quiet at first then building. It became so loud that i had to look behind me to see what was approaching.
As i did, i found myself in my bed, Hershal laying by my side howling. I picked him up and held him tight, rocking back and forth and whispering in his ear.
Slowly he settle down and we curled up in the blankets as he curled into my chest and i rubbed his belly and held back the tears.
You see i was dying. i was leaving this world for a far better resting place when my son realized i would not be coming back. This crushed him so much he had to cry at my departure.
Fortunately, i remembered my promise, never to leave him or Layla alone, without a home, lost in the wind.
As much as i ache from being taken from them, for being forced to endure yet another day...
I still have two little people who love me and want to wake u with me and play with me and cuddle on the couch when the sky is dark and the day is done.
He saved my wretched little life... They hold my soul... and they make me a better man than i truly am.
To Layla and Hershal... i love you guys
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