The Collective Human Beings of Planeth Earth

My son and I want to give our warmest and deepest thanks to the vet and assistants we met ten days ago when we brought our beloved Labrador, Will, to the Tilehurst clinic, Castle Vets. Will passed away peacefully and surrounded by his loved ones and truly empathic service from the vet and the assistant of Vets Now.

So, our old chap passed away after almost 15 years together.

He is now in another dimension, but his spirit is always alive and close to us even if we feel a vast emptiness in our hearts.

The love a dog has for you is impossible to describe. It can only be lived, and we have lived it to the fullest.

I always remain closed during the death of my pets to facilitate the passage with love and gratitude. But for Will, I've lost the ability to connect my pain with my love through the heart, and I've started saying to my son, ‘I can't do this; I'm not prepared to say goodbye'.

He was my baby, my second child, my old friend; I used to forage herbs with Will enjoying his company into a perfect connection between human and 'animal'.

Me that I never stood back for anything and anyone I've fallen into a black hole and I became a representation of sorrow.

I escaped from the surgery room, living the last instant of our dog to my son because I felt that the strength was leaving my body.

I felt like a coward.

I became so vulnerable, from being a fierce and independent 'great' woman to being a woman shaking, yelling, and crying for the loss of her friend.

I cried all my tears for the death of my friends during covid, my father, any abandonment and loss in my entire life, all the funerals attended via Zoom because of the pandemic, all at once.

Flash of memories, a lot of dark memories, too much to digest.

So, we decided to take a trip where our pain could turn into healing, where the healing water rises from the sacred land in Somerset.

Glastonbury has always welcomed me like a mother with open arms. After one week, sunny days, prayers, chants and laments, love of friends, connection with Our Great Mother through the Sacred Chalice Well, I've started to heal my heart from the wounds.

It's a process, and one could think, 'ok, it's done', the work is done, but the work per se is never 'done', this is our school you can never get it wrong, and you can never get it done.

It's a process; it's a spiral of human lives.

We have emotions; we love intensely like all the creatures and species.

And we are also wounded in many ways.

We are the Collective Human Beings of Planet Earth, the Earth that sustains us, under our feet and in every possible way, with love and compassion, every single moment of our lives.

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My gratitude goes to my son, friends in Italy and around the world, The Community of Caversham Dog Owners for the empathic, supportive messages and all the communities that I have in my heart.

There is great love here for you.

Bruna

Will

be free now and be happy.

Bruna & Francesco