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Tammy
and myself spent our days together only parted by my many hospital
admissions. The thought of returning home and being reunited
with my Tammy was all that pulled me through. Our love gave
me strength even in the most serious of situations and struggles.
Tammy herself became seriously ill aged only 5 , she had developed
a cyst in her womb and needed emergency surgery. It was one
of the worst times for me. She had been in terrible pain, but
had still tried to bring her balloons to me. Luckily, thankfully
she quickly recovered
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She
was meant to be resting, but I couldn't stop her from jumping
up on my knee as always.
Tammy and me had a regular ritual of who would reach my(our) chair
first. Of course Tammy always won ! Just as soon as she saw me
heading for the chair Whoosh she was off and launching herself
into it ! I would then try and squeeze myself into a little corner,
until she was eventually laying on top of me and burying her nose
into me and snorting and sighing. I would stroke her head and
down her golden silky ears. Sheer Ecstasy ! a ritual so simple
so often done, so loved. |
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This
ritual also happened with the garden chairs, As soon as she saw
my chair was put up in the garden she would bark and bark until
I went out. I always wore some old plastic yellow sandals - well
that was my intention, but of course they were really Tammy's
and she soon had them off my feet and would run away with them.
We played many a friendly tug of war with those silly old precious
shoes !
I had many pet names for Tammy over the years including baby,
cup cake, but mostly it was Angel I always said to her in my Tammy
voice "You're Mummy's little Angel Fluff and I love you more
than anyone in all the world and back again twice" I think
she understood. |
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the years my health problems became worse and Tammy became older,
the vet always said that she was doing remarkable well for her
age. On her 10th birthday ~I gave her a large collection of balloons
with the number 10 on. They were hung up so there would be no
chance of her stealing them, but she chased them around and around
and still tried to catch them and bring one to me. I always wrapped
Tammy's birthday and Christmas gifts, everyone new which gifts
were Tammy's as they were covered with the most ribbons and bows
! She loved to rip open her parcels and find the treasures a tasty
morsel, or a new squeaky toy. Her favourite toy was a squeaky
Teddy bear which Jackie bought her from Selfridges. She loved
that Teddy and could retrieve him by name from all her other toys.
I don't know what happened to Teddy, he just seemed to have disappeared.
I still hope that one day I may come across him. |
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