Church of the Dog by Kaya McLaren

Author:Kaya McLaren
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.

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In my dream, I’m a deer this time. I walk through the door at the back of the McRae house, walk up the stairs, and turn into a woman. I’m wearing the buckskin angel wings I received from my Angel, the ones with the fringe at the bottom and some eagle feathers tied to a few strands of fringe. I don’t know what Earl will think of my wings, so I wrap them around me when I talk to Earl so he’ll think they are a hippie shawl instead.

I watch Earl sleep. He’s having trouble getting air because that lump is pushing on his larynx. The expression on his sleeping face is not one of rest but of pain.

“Earl,” I say gently. He comes out of his deep sleep and into the spiritual REM with me. “Earl, how are you doing?”

“I want to go Home,” he replies, tired.

“Want me to take you there?” I volunteer.

“Yup.”

“Should we invite Edith so she knows how to find you?”

“I think that’d be nice,” he says like I’m an idiot for asking such an obvious question.

“Edith,” I say, “Earl’s ready to go Home now. Would you like to go with me to drop him off so you know where he is?”

She nods, and with that the three of us float up, up into the sky. When we get to the level where we feel our spirits expand and become part of everything, I know we are very close. We expand into the source of all love and ascend even higher. Here, a soul is filled with immense peace. I hope this helps Edith let go. Even though we’re not quite there yet, we can smell roses, and Edith and Earl seem to be savoring it. Earl’s celestial guardians come down to show him the rest of the way Home, so he stops us and gives us a look that says go on back now.

Edith and I stop while he continues to ascend with his guardians; but before he is out of sight, he turns and blows Edith a kiss.

Edith squeezes my hand as she watches Earl float out of sight. She doesn’t want to return to the ranch, but we both know it’s not her time. I carry Edith back to her bed to finish her sleep, hoping she will remember the peace she felt near Heaven.

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