by Brian Dunseith
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Bella when she was a kit
2006-2011.
Although you weren’t my first ferret – you were the first who I raised from a kit. She was daddy’s girl and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
From sleeping in my underwear drawer to curling up in the t-shirts I cast on the ground.. if it had my scent she’d be all over it.
Every day I told her how much I loved her. I’d sing her made up songs about her and give her treats. I knew she wouldn’t live forever but I was totally unprepared for her to pass…
My heart has died and I had to pack it into a tiny box and say good-bye.. I wish on the stars it wasn’t so.. 🙁