Another unposted old one.

Following the large horseflies around the basement, hoping they would lead me to the location of the smell of dead animal emanating from every direction. The stench was evil scientist amazing. With my red bandanna tied around my moth & nose, along with the Curious George flashlight, & the Taz Toes, I crept along. The Flies were no stool pigeons, they saw that I wanted to remove their meal ticket & were unwilling to give up the location. I followed but they led me astray, even to the point of sacrificing themselves to Castor & Pollacks by leaving the basement into the kitchen. The evil stench was like a ventriloquist, only instead of a voice it projected the smell, everywhere I went it would get stronger then weaker. A bout of ennui worked to resolve the hunt, all I had to do was feign interest, act wearied as if to give up and my nemesis came to me. Finally face to face with my nemesis did not equate to success, rather just the 1st part of the journey ended with the hard part to come. My nemesis found a lair deep within the walls of Liberty. With no fear of death or dead things & a very large hammer I pounded the hell out of the wall & removed the obstacle keeping me from resolving our smelly issue. Exposed like the Wizard in OZ, my prey was not to be feared. Through breaks in the wall I spied 3 bodies. In a rush as if they would get away I tore at the rest of the wall. They were not going anywhere. The family of rat's had come together in a group to die. There were many more exposed once the wall was completely removed. I gingerly removed their bodies from the wall, I had to do this by hand, no tool would get back to the crevice they had made their final resting place. I felt bad that I could not leave them in their chosen final resting place, unfortunately it stunk up the whole house. The children of the flies, Maggots, had already gone to work feasting on the bodies of the deceased. I reached in and scooped every last maggot out by hand. They would travel with their meal to their final resting place in the circle of life.

Unsent Message To A Friend

People we love pass from this existence to the next throughout our lives. Many without the opportunity to say goodbye. The opportunity to meet with and talk to a loved one as they pass may on the surface seem a sad event. When we feel the sadness we are thinking of the loss. What we overlook is the great opportunity we have in being able to spend a few more moments with them. Sometimes it seems they can't hear us or don't know we are there as we say goodbye. I believe they can regardless of the situation. This is a rare event. In that time we can take from them the whole history of their lives & infuse it into ours, their spirit permeating us. At the same time we can tell them of our lives and give them great joy to take with them to the next level of their existence. You have the opportunity to tell her of the future of her lineage. In her mind she will see the past joy's of her family come back to life through your announcement of another to begin. She will think of the future you will have with her great grandchild & all the joy and pain to come. She will know that even the pain in life is worth it as part of the experience. A quick and unexpected passing is tragic. The end of a long life is not. It is sad to lose them, but a real blessing to have had them. Remember as long as they are alive there is still hope they will hold on longer, but when they finally give up and resign themselves to move on, know that you are what they lived their life for.