Swanwick Star Issue No. 2 (2009)

Gigi’s Eulogy

Why are there people in the world who enjoy destroying things of beauty? Are they so insensitive and devoid of joy in their own lives that they cannot bear to see any sign of spontaneity around them? Or, as soon as they see it, do they have an impulse to stamp it out or squelch it? Perhaps, the world was too jealous of your joy, Gigi, and as you fly to heaven on angel wings, may you find a better place!

I can still remember that first Halloween when you turned up on the doorstep and we enticed you, our new feline friend, into the Main House with a saucer of milk. The abandonment of a child or pet is such a terrible thing…and, yet, you let us into your heart and made a new home for yourself at Swanwick in the barn. I can still see you sitting outside by the coral-coloured gladioli under the full moon.