A Song For Flip
My friend Flip died today, lying in my lap. He was 14 months old, which, according to the poster in the vet's office, means that he was the equivalent of 16 human years old.
We found out that he was very sick about 6 weeks ago, and, last Sunday, we learned that he was dying of an uncommon, untreatable, unpreventable disease called FIP. It has been a rough few days. But I'm thankful for every minute I got to spend with Flip. 14 months worth of wonderful minutes (Lauren and I adopted Flip and his brother DovR when they were less than a week old). For a small portion of one of those minutes, this is what Flip looked like to me:
And for a big portion of this week, this is what Flip sounded like to me:
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Boil & Fight is track 10 on In Memory Of Loss.
