On Christmas Eve, we decided to take Coda out to see the decorations on Christmas Tree Lane, which is on Fulton here in Palo Alto. We knew it would be her last Christmas, so we wanted her to see the spectacle just one last time.
I’m not sure if she’ll even be around tomorrow. It could be only hours left at this point. All we can do is surround her with love.
As for the drive, she has these red, green, and blue memories now, to add to all the rest, and we cannot know if she will take them with her. We have her memories, though, and she isn’t ever going to be gone, even if one thin inch of sunlight in the morning reveals that she has parted us.
Coda isn’t going to leave this house or this family. Not as long as we think about all those happy years and goofy smiles with this very gentle spirit.
