Be happy...

The days feel long, yet short.
Time passes in the blink of an eye.

I don't know if I'm sleeping or not, but
the time we spend sleeping together goes by so fast.

Your face as you sleep beside me is so peaceful.
I don't feel even a shred of pain.

There is nothing more I can do for you.
It has been a week since you stopped drinking anything but water.
And yet, you sleep with such a peaceful face.
You look so happy.

Your hips, your back, your belly... your bones are so prominent.
And yet, you are in no pain at all.
If you move, you stumble.
When you stumble, you have this look on your face like, 'Huh?'
You've become so light when I hold you...
You've become so very light.
But your fur is still glossy and so soft.
I realized that you had stored up so much nourishment.

Mommy can't do anything more for you now...
I can only be by your side...
I welcomed you when you were born.
I will see you off properly.
I wonder if it was good for you to be my child for your whole life.

Crying, laughing, and just staring off into space,
I am spending this precious time.
The time Toto gave me is precious.
So very precious.
But it's really hard... it's so hard.

The way you are trying to depart so beautifully, as if your life is simply withering away,
is truly magnificent.
I think this kind of passing from old age is ideal... and how life is meant to be.
Living is precious.

The tarot cards said'Toto is very happy'they said.
Looking at your face, you do look satisfied, don't you?
If you're happy, then that's all that matters.