A story of 6 moments of love |16 April 2016

In our lives here is love for our parents, our family, our children and our friends: those are different aspects of love but no one is stronger than the other, just different.

Personally I feel real love for my pets, dogs, cats, birds and fish and all their emotional lives are an important part of my life.

On February 17 I had to put to sleep my beloved dog Kiki because of a cancer and this is the first part of love: her love for me, every moment during 10 years of friendship, unforgettable moments of joy and sharing.

The second part of love was the choice made with my friends of the vet service: Dr Moulinié, Dr Maria and the whole staff there, we accompanied her with caresses and endearments and she went in peace, leaving all of us in tears.

But the day after I experienced another aspect of love: a kind lady called me asking if I wanted to adopt an adult dog in bad condition. She loved this dog but couldn’t take care of him and he was kept in a small cage without food or water, in his own excrement. I went to see the dog and was shocked. But this was the third part of love: that lovely lady wanted to save his life.

His name is Babel.

The same day Babel came to my place, shaking from fear, not barking, not making any sound, in shock and scared of everything, just looking around expecting to be beaten at any time… I stayed with him in his new little house behind my home, laying nearby him till he came, relaxed and felt asleep in my arms. From that moment the fourth part of love started to work: my love for him and the wish to help him recover.

On February 19 the gardener came to clear the compound, Babel panicked and got rid of his collar, jumped over the wall and disappeared in the bush. I was desperate. I got a little relief from the pain for the death of Kiki by taking care of Babel, and he went! I drove around looking for him and calling him desperately, but nothing.

But the 5th part of love was coming. On the 25th Babel suddenly appears on the veranda! After one week he found the way to come back to the place he got food and caresses…. Isn’t it a miracle of love for an animal?

The 6th part of love is the result of three weeks staying together with Babel: he is on the way to complete recovery, physical and psychological. He barks, runs around, looks at my cats with tolerance and follows me everywhere.

When I hold him in my arms I feel as if Kiki sent me this gift because she loved me and didn’t want me to cry and I can only thank God for all these kinds of love that are surrounding me and I would like everybody to meditate on this story, made of little and simple things but more precious than pearls and diamonds

Alexandra Azaïs