FiveSibes "Gibson" Les Paul of Mystic Mountain
January 6, 2006 ~ December 16, 2015
Happy 10th Birthday to my sweet FurAngel Gibson on his first birthday
in Heaven. If you were to ask me a month ago, I'd tell you this certainly was not how I was planning on spending today. But then again, we never do plan for these days, do we? While we know the day is inevitable, we secretly hope it never comes, that maybe it will be forgotten by fate...
I spent most of today reminiscing...looking at photos and videos of Gibson with me and his pack family. I had hoped today would be similar to birthdays of the past - a day of celebrating with Gibson and the FiveSibes, complete with new toys, a singing toy "cake," Husky games, and a special bone-shaped ice cream cake proudly sporting those double digits 1-0, seven of them beating Canine Epilepsy and the seizure "monster."
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Let's eat cake! January 6, 2012 |
I can see so clearly all those birthdays past how Gibson, Harley, Wolf, Chloe, and Bandit would excitedly gather around my homemade vanilla ice cream doggy cake, and all together they would join in for some tasty enjoyment. I was always so proud of how they could all eat together, sharing the cake and just simply enjoy being together and be in the moment.
Be in the moment...
While today has been very difficult to get through without tears, and there have been lots of them, I also smile remembering all the wonderful, special times spent with Gibson and all my FiveSibes together as a family. It's so unfair that he is not here, but I know so many of us pet parents are going through similar times. Gibson had such a love and zest for life, even with all the health challenges he faced ~and beat~ except damned cancer. But since he was such a lover, I will honor him today with fond memories and smiles. I had planned on doing a birthday memorial tribute video, but my heart is too broken yet to get through more than one or two clips of him without bawling. He was such a special boy...and he holds a piece of my heart for eternity.
Gibbie, I hope you are celebrating North of the Rainbow
Bridge with lots of snow; with my Mom, your Hu-Nanny; ice cream; and many furfriends. I will
love and miss you always, my sweet, beautiful Gib. You will always and
forever be in my heart. ❤ Happy Birthday, G-man. I miss you.
"Because of God's grace,
one day we'll embrace
and never again be apart.
But until then
Know this my sweet friend,
you've left paw prints on my heart."
~Sharon Hinton Smith
And then something special happened today...
This morning, as I was bringing in the remaining FiveSibes from the back deck, I called out, "Happy Birthday, Gibson" into the cool morning air. I then brought the Huskies in and they all gathered together for breakfast, as they do every day, I told them it was Gibson's birthday. I broke up a dog cookie for them to each have a piece in his honor, when suddenly I noticed a rainbow spot on the floor by their paws...right in the area where they all gather for their meals...the same area Gibson would be in with them...
"Woo. What's this?" wonders Wolf.
"Hey, Bandit, do you see this rainbow spot?"
"Gib...big bro...is that you?"
"He is here with us!" says Harley.
"Mom...I don't see it any more..." notes Wolf.
"Woo...he was here with us! Happy Birthday at the Rainbow Bridge, Gibson. We love and miss you very much."
...and then it was gone...
Tell me...do you believe in signs?
"What we have once enjoyed
we can never lose;
All that we love deeply,
becomes a part of us."
-Helen Keller
A special howlfest for our FurAngel Gibson, sung with love by his packmates Harley, Wolf, Chloe, and Bandit.
Happy Birthday, Gibbie!
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#LiveGibStrongForever, our sweet boy.
Note: While this week's blog post is quite wordy for Wordless Wednesday, it's a special week here since it's in honor of my Gibson's birthday, and the special "visit" I so wanted to share. I hope the top photo of Gib speaks for itself, even without words, of the charm, soul, love, and heart this Siberian Husky had for his family and for life. ~Thank you!