Stepping Up

Hi G-Fans,

It is a crisp fall feeling day today, with sun, birds, crickets and occasional bursts of wind ruffling the leaves in the trees.  As I sit on my throne and meditate, I reflect on the last few days.  I miss Schubert.  He was our emotional rock.  We all gravitated around him and he provided our emotional anchor.  The last few days the concierge has been struggling as humans are prone to do.  Usually my emotional range is reserved, as royalty I don’t have the luxury of emoting like a lab.  I must be dignified.  So, usually, I limit the physical affection to European cheek kisses, nose bumps, a body slide or lean or I will curl up into the crook of the concierge’s legs.  The other day required more.  So, as the matriarch of the family, it was on my shoulders to step up.  Tessa is more qualified character-wise; she’ll flop across the concierge’s whole body to the point that the concierge actually can’t breathe.  But, she is, after all, MY concierge, so I stepped up.  I gently got on the couch and hugged her face to face.  She needed it.  Sometimes, we just have to do things we don’t normally do so we can be there for someone we love who needs us in a different way.  I couldn’t lounge around for hours, but I stayed long enough.  I could feel her body relax and her breathing slowed down in a good way.  Once she was stabilized I was able to excuse myself and go back to my throne.  She is back on track and managing decently.  I stay close though, because I know it is in there still.  Until things change she will need me and I will be there.

I hope you can be there for the ones you love, even when it isn’t what you normally might do.  Love is funny like that.

TTFN.

-G