They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent, his eager body begins to quiver. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face, your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Death is nothing at all.
It is if we have slipped away into the next room. We are here with you and whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by my old familiar name. Speak to me in the same easy way which you always used. Put no difference in your tone.