IN MEMORY OF MAGIC
CZECH REPUBLIC 23.5.2004- 2.7.2017 JAPAN
23.5.2018
IN MEMORY OF MAGIC
PRAGUE 23.5.2004 - 2.7.2017 TOKYO
I do believe every dog is special. Amazing, unique, one of it’s kind. It’s been almost a year but somehow I’m still lost for words when trying to put together short memory of Magic. Last year I promised to share some of our personal photos and videos. I’m sorry it took me this long to go down the memory lane. And since today would’ve been Magic’s 14th birthday I feel like it’s the right time to remember him.
When Magic died people kept telling us “ he had a great life”. and in many ways they were right. We made sure he was included in every aspect of our life and was behind every major decision we made in those 13 years. But the truth is HE MADE OUR LIFE GREAT and when he passed away big chapter of our life closed. And even though the memories will stay with us forever, that part of our life left with him.
How do you describe a puppy that was your everything, your heart and soul for 13 years and now he’s gone forever. Last summer it would’ve been hard but now when I reflect on some of those times we shared with him, I can only smile and say what a wonderful life he gave us.
Magic loved soccer as much as he loved cats or Yoyogi park, became “professional" world traveler but didn’t really care if he was bound for Europe, Japan or North America, he was just happy to be near. That was the most important thing to him. Well, actually he did get excited when we landed in Munich knowing fully he will be in Prague cat heaven in few hours. Over the years he was lucky enough to have pet rabbit and several hamsters. Let’s just say Mark brought them home and I couldn’t say no because Magic loved them. He hated swimming or being home alone. Or seeing me pack my luggage without his travel bag present, knowing I was going away. And when that bag showed up he would quickly get in telling me “you’re not leaving without me”. He became my little “ pearl assistant” and won the hearts of my suppliers and clients around the world. He enjoyed our mornings together, after Mark left at 5am for work. We would snuggle up for couple more hours in bed ( him being the blanket lover) before heading out for our 5km run. The story of my running shoes was similar to the one with the travel bag, when he saw me putting them on there was no way leaving for run without him. When he was a puppy he learned to ride on Marks fast motorcycles and was just like me unimpressed when Mark showed up home one night with bicycle instead. But forgave him and adjusted faster than me.
Thanks to the best trainer he could ask for he became amazing soccer player and a star of Yoyogi. He loved his soccer ball.
He loved always being included in everything we did. But above all HE LOVED MARK AND I.
And it was his unconditional “no matter what” love nothing could never match. He lived up to his name and spread Magic around the world.
I hope the video below will say the rest. I want to send my gratitude to everyone who became part of his life over the years and was kind enough to take care of him when I traveled, loved him and understood how much he meant to us. He was our puppy boy and gave us beautiful 13 years and we will forever be grateful for that. He put up a strong fight for almost a year. Both Mark and I always said when the time comes we will do the right thing for him. We wanted him to have a quality life he was used to having all his life as athletic as he was. He did what he loved doing the most, played soccer almost until the end ( June 23 was his last Yoyogi soccer day and boy did he play like a puppy). When he started losing his battle he gave us ultimately his final, biggest gift, our little Puccini. Puccini was born June 24, 2017 in Mikkabi Japan, the very day Magics health deteriorated. In that final week of his life he proved again what a champion he was, fighting so hard. He was so brave and I felt like a failure
I couldn’t save him. I know I have to learn to live with it . Dogs live beautiful but short life…. but the love is still worth the pain when we lose them. He died the night before my birthday, July 2 2017 in Tokyo.
And as I’m about to get on a plane again in few hours, somehow I feel it’s the right place to be today….up in the sky… close to heaven and to our boy. Happy Birthday sweetheart. You’re always in our heart and will never be forgotten. K.
23.5.2018
VZPOMINKA NA MAGICA
Praha 23.5.2004 - 2.7.2017 Tokyo
Ja jsem presvedcena o tom, ze kazdy pes je original. Jedinecny, vyjimecny, proste ten nej.
Je to uz skoro rok, ale i tak porad nenachazim vhodna slova, kdyz chci dat dohromady kratkou vzpominku na Magica. Minuly rok jsem slibila, ze se s vami podelim o par osobnich fotek a videi. Omlouvam se, ze mi to trvalo tak dlouho vydat se na cestu ulickou nasich vzpominek. A protoze dnes by mel Magic 14 narozeniny, prisel ten vhodny cas mu ji venovat.
Kdyz Magic zemrel, lide nam opakovane rikali “MEL SKVELY ZIVOT”. A v mnoha smerech meli samozrejme pravdu. Zakladali jsme si na tom, ze Magic byl soucasti kazdeho clanku naseho zivota a stal za kazdym dulezitym rozhodnutim, ktere jsme behem tech 13 let udelali.
Pravdou ale zustava, ze on UDELAL NAS ZIVOT SKVELYM a kdyz zemrel velka kapitola naseho zivota se uzavrela. A i kdyz ty vzpominky s nami pretrvaji navzdy, tato cast zivota udesla s nim.
Jak muze clovek popsat pejska, ktery pro nej byl vsim, jeho srdcem i dusi 13 let a ted je navzdy pryc. Minule leto by to bylo tezke, ale s odstupem casu premyslim o tech spolecnych chvilich, ktere jsme prozili a musim se jen usmat nad tim, jak bajecny zivot nam dal.
Magic miloval fotbal stejne jako miloval kocky a Yoyogi park, stal se z nej “profesionalni" svetovy cestovatel, ale bylo mu uplne jedno, jestli mel zrovna namireno do Evropy, Japonska nebo S. Ameriky. Byl hlavne rad, ze muze byt s nami. To bylo pro nej to nejdulezitejsi. No, vlastne musim uznat, ze byl vzdycky bez sebe, kdyz jsme pristali v Mnichove a on dobre vedel, ze za par hodin bude v Praze ve svem kocicim raji. Za ty roky mel to stesti, ze krome kocek mel i jina svoje osobni zviratka v podobe kralika Elvise a nekolika krecku. Kdyz je Mark prinesl domu, oba s Magicem dobre vedeli, ze jsem nemohla uz nic rict, protoze je Magic miloval.
Nenavidel vodu, plavani nebo byt doma sam. Stejne tak nerad videl, kdyz jsem zacala balit kufry a jeho cestovni taska chybela. Dobre si uvedoval, ze jedu pryc. A kdyz se jeho taska objevila, rychle si do ni vlezl jako by mi rikal “ beze mne nikam neletis”. Stal se mym malym “ perlovym asistentem” a rychle vyhral srdce mych dodavatelu a klientu po celem svete. Vychutnavali jsme si nase spolecna rana, kdyz Mark odjel v 5 rano do prace. Jeste predtim, nez jsme vyrazili na nas 5km beh, Magic miloval zabrat se na par hodin do perin. Pribeh mych bot na behani je podobny tomu s jeho cestovni taskou. Jakmile jsem si je nasadila, neprichazelo v uvahu, abych vybehla bez nej.
Kdyz byl jeste stenatkem naucil se jezdit na Markovych rychlych motorkach a stejne jako ja nebyl nadsenej ten vecer, co se Mark zjevil doma misto motorky s horskym kolem. Ale odpustil mu a zvykl si rychleji nez ja.
Diky nejlepsimu trenerovi, ktereho by si kdy mohl prat, se stal uzasnym fotbalistou a hvezdou Yoyogi parku. Miloval svuj fotbalovy mic. A miloval byt soucasti vseho, co jsme delali. Ale nejvic ze vseho MILOVAL MARKA A MNE.
A byla to ta jeho bezpodminecna “bez ohledu na cokoliv” laska, ktere se nic nevyrovna.
Zil zaplno a dostal svemu jmenu … rozdaval kouzlo po celem svete. Ja doufam, ze zbytek za mne rekne to video.
Chtela bych timto take vyjadrit svoji vdecnost vsem po celem svete, kteri se stali soucasti jeho zivota behem tech let a byli natolik hodni se o Magica postarat, kdyz jsem cestovala. Vsem, kteri ho milovali a chapali, co pro nas znamenal. Byl to nas malej psi kluk. Dal nam krasnych 13 let a my za ne navzdy budeme vdecni. Bojoval statecne skoro rok. Oba s Markem jsme vzdy rikali, ze az prijde cas, udelame pro nej to nejlepsi. Chteli jsme, aby mel kvalitu zivota, na kterou byl zvykly ( atletem, jakym byl). Delam to, co miloval nejvic, hral fotbal skoro az dokonce (23.cerven byl v Yoyogi jeho poslednim fotbalovym dnem a uzil si ho jako, kdybymu byly 2 roky). Kdyz zacal prohravat svoji finalni bitvu, dal nam ten posledni , nejvetsi darek, naseho malyho Pucciniho. Puccini se narodil 24.6.2017 v Mikkabi, Japonsku, presne ten samy den, kdy Magicovo zdravi zacalo selhavat. Ten posledni tyden opet ukazal, jaky byl sampion, jak moc a statecne bojoval. Ja jsem to citila jako svoji velkou prohru, ze jsem ho nedokazala zachranit ( s tim se ale clovek musi naucit zit…. psi ziji krasny, ale strasne kratky zivot… ta jejich laska ale stoji za tu bolest, kterou prozivame, kdyz o ne prijdeme) . Zemrel vecer pred myma narozeninama 2.7.2017.
A protoze za par hodin mne zase ceka dalsi let, citim, ze dnes tomu tak asi i melo byt. Nahore v oblacich, blizko nebi a nasemu malymu klucikovi.
Vsechno nejlepsi k narozeninam, zlaticko. Jsi porad v nasich srdcich a nikdy na tebe nezapomeneme. K.
IN MEMORY OF MAGIC
PRAGUE 23.5.2004 - 2.7.2017 TOKYO
I do believe every dog is special. Amazing, unique, one of it’s kind. It’s been almost a year but somehow I’m still lost for words when trying to put together short memory of Magic. Last year I promised to share some of our personal photos and videos. I’m sorry it took me this long to go down the memory lane. And since today would’ve been Magic’s 14th birthday I feel like it’s the right time to remember him.
When Magic died people kept telling us “ he had a great life”. and in many ways they were right. We made sure he was included in every aspect of our life and was behind every major decision we made in those 13 years. But the truth is HE MADE OUR LIFE GREAT and when he passed away big chapter of our life closed. And even though the memories will stay with us forever, that part of our life left with him.
How do you describe a puppy that was your everything, your heart and soul for 13 years and now he’s gone forever. Last summer it would’ve been hard but now when I reflect on some of those times we shared with him, I can only smile and say what a wonderful life he gave us.
Magic loved soccer as much as he loved cats or Yoyogi park, became “professional" world traveler but didn’t really care if he was bound for Europe, Japan or North America, he was just happy to be near. That was the most important thing to him. Well, actually he did get excited when we landed in Munich knowing fully he will be in Prague cat heaven in few hours. Over the years he was lucky enough to have pet rabbit and several hamsters. Let’s just say Mark brought them home and I couldn’t say no because Magic loved them. He hated swimming or being home alone. Or seeing me pack my luggage without his travel bag present, knowing I was going away. And when that bag showed up he would quickly get in telling me “you’re not leaving without me”. He became my little “ pearl assistant” and won the hearts of my suppliers and clients around the world. He enjoyed our mornings together, after Mark left at 5am for work. We would snuggle up for couple more hours in bed ( him being the blanket lover) before heading out for our 5km run. The story of my running shoes was similar to the one with the travel bag, when he saw me putting them on there was no way leaving for run without him. When he was a puppy he learned to ride on Marks fast motorcycles and was just like me unimpressed when Mark showed up home one night with bicycle instead. But forgave him and adjusted faster than me.
Thanks to the best trainer he could ask for he became amazing soccer player and a star of Yoyogi. He loved his soccer ball.
He loved always being included in everything we did. But above all HE LOVED MARK AND I.
And it was his unconditional “no matter what” love nothing could never match. He lived up to his name and spread Magic around the world.
I hope the video below will say the rest. I want to send my gratitude to everyone who became part of his life over the years and was kind enough to take care of him when I traveled, loved him and understood how much he meant to us. He was our puppy boy and gave us beautiful 13 years and we will forever be grateful for that. He put up a strong fight for almost a year. Both Mark and I always said when the time comes we will do the right thing for him. We wanted him to have a quality life he was used to having all his life as athletic as he was. He did what he loved doing the most, played soccer almost until the end ( June 23 was his last Yoyogi soccer day and boy did he play like a puppy). When he started losing his battle he gave us ultimately his final, biggest gift, our little Puccini. Puccini was born June 24, 2017 in Mikkabi Japan, the very day Magics health deteriorated. In that final week of his life he proved again what a champion he was, fighting so hard. He was so brave and I felt like a failure
I couldn’t save him. I know I have to learn to live with it . Dogs live beautiful but short life…. but the love is still worth the pain when we lose them. He died the night before my birthday, July 2 2017 in Tokyo.
And as I’m about to get on a plane again in few hours, somehow I feel it’s the right place to be today….up in the sky… close to heaven and to our boy. Happy Birthday sweetheart. You’re always in our heart and will never be forgotten. K.
23.5.2018
VZPOMINKA NA MAGICA
Praha 23.5.2004 - 2.7.2017 Tokyo
Ja jsem presvedcena o tom, ze kazdy pes je original. Jedinecny, vyjimecny, proste ten nej.
Je to uz skoro rok, ale i tak porad nenachazim vhodna slova, kdyz chci dat dohromady kratkou vzpominku na Magica. Minuly rok jsem slibila, ze se s vami podelim o par osobnich fotek a videi. Omlouvam se, ze mi to trvalo tak dlouho vydat se na cestu ulickou nasich vzpominek. A protoze dnes by mel Magic 14 narozeniny, prisel ten vhodny cas mu ji venovat.
Kdyz Magic zemrel, lide nam opakovane rikali “MEL SKVELY ZIVOT”. A v mnoha smerech meli samozrejme pravdu. Zakladali jsme si na tom, ze Magic byl soucasti kazdeho clanku naseho zivota a stal za kazdym dulezitym rozhodnutim, ktere jsme behem tech 13 let udelali.
Pravdou ale zustava, ze on UDELAL NAS ZIVOT SKVELYM a kdyz zemrel velka kapitola naseho zivota se uzavrela. A i kdyz ty vzpominky s nami pretrvaji navzdy, tato cast zivota udesla s nim.
Jak muze clovek popsat pejska, ktery pro nej byl vsim, jeho srdcem i dusi 13 let a ted je navzdy pryc. Minule leto by to bylo tezke, ale s odstupem casu premyslim o tech spolecnych chvilich, ktere jsme prozili a musim se jen usmat nad tim, jak bajecny zivot nam dal.
Magic miloval fotbal stejne jako miloval kocky a Yoyogi park, stal se z nej “profesionalni" svetovy cestovatel, ale bylo mu uplne jedno, jestli mel zrovna namireno do Evropy, Japonska nebo S. Ameriky. Byl hlavne rad, ze muze byt s nami. To bylo pro nej to nejdulezitejsi. No, vlastne musim uznat, ze byl vzdycky bez sebe, kdyz jsme pristali v Mnichove a on dobre vedel, ze za par hodin bude v Praze ve svem kocicim raji. Za ty roky mel to stesti, ze krome kocek mel i jina svoje osobni zviratka v podobe kralika Elvise a nekolika krecku. Kdyz je Mark prinesl domu, oba s Magicem dobre vedeli, ze jsem nemohla uz nic rict, protoze je Magic miloval.
Nenavidel vodu, plavani nebo byt doma sam. Stejne tak nerad videl, kdyz jsem zacala balit kufry a jeho cestovni taska chybela. Dobre si uvedoval, ze jedu pryc. A kdyz se jeho taska objevila, rychle si do ni vlezl jako by mi rikal “ beze mne nikam neletis”. Stal se mym malym “ perlovym asistentem” a rychle vyhral srdce mych dodavatelu a klientu po celem svete. Vychutnavali jsme si nase spolecna rana, kdyz Mark odjel v 5 rano do prace. Jeste predtim, nez jsme vyrazili na nas 5km beh, Magic miloval zabrat se na par hodin do perin. Pribeh mych bot na behani je podobny tomu s jeho cestovni taskou. Jakmile jsem si je nasadila, neprichazelo v uvahu, abych vybehla bez nej.
Kdyz byl jeste stenatkem naucil se jezdit na Markovych rychlych motorkach a stejne jako ja nebyl nadsenej ten vecer, co se Mark zjevil doma misto motorky s horskym kolem. Ale odpustil mu a zvykl si rychleji nez ja.
Diky nejlepsimu trenerovi, ktereho by si kdy mohl prat, se stal uzasnym fotbalistou a hvezdou Yoyogi parku. Miloval svuj fotbalovy mic. A miloval byt soucasti vseho, co jsme delali. Ale nejvic ze vseho MILOVAL MARKA A MNE.
A byla to ta jeho bezpodminecna “bez ohledu na cokoliv” laska, ktere se nic nevyrovna.
Zil zaplno a dostal svemu jmenu … rozdaval kouzlo po celem svete. Ja doufam, ze zbytek za mne rekne to video.
Chtela bych timto take vyjadrit svoji vdecnost vsem po celem svete, kteri se stali soucasti jeho zivota behem tech let a byli natolik hodni se o Magica postarat, kdyz jsem cestovala. Vsem, kteri ho milovali a chapali, co pro nas znamenal. Byl to nas malej psi kluk. Dal nam krasnych 13 let a my za ne navzdy budeme vdecni. Bojoval statecne skoro rok. Oba s Markem jsme vzdy rikali, ze az prijde cas, udelame pro nej to nejlepsi. Chteli jsme, aby mel kvalitu zivota, na kterou byl zvykly ( atletem, jakym byl). Delam to, co miloval nejvic, hral fotbal skoro az dokonce (23.cerven byl v Yoyogi jeho poslednim fotbalovym dnem a uzil si ho jako, kdybymu byly 2 roky). Kdyz zacal prohravat svoji finalni bitvu, dal nam ten posledni , nejvetsi darek, naseho malyho Pucciniho. Puccini se narodil 24.6.2017 v Mikkabi, Japonsku, presne ten samy den, kdy Magicovo zdravi zacalo selhavat. Ten posledni tyden opet ukazal, jaky byl sampion, jak moc a statecne bojoval. Ja jsem to citila jako svoji velkou prohru, ze jsem ho nedokazala zachranit ( s tim se ale clovek musi naucit zit…. psi ziji krasny, ale strasne kratky zivot… ta jejich laska ale stoji za tu bolest, kterou prozivame, kdyz o ne prijdeme) . Zemrel vecer pred myma narozeninama 2.7.2017.
A protoze za par hodin mne zase ceka dalsi let, citim, ze dnes tomu tak asi i melo byt. Nahore v oblacich, blizko nebi a nasemu malymu klucikovi.
Vsechno nejlepsi k narozeninam, zlaticko. Jsi porad v nasich srdcich a nikdy na tebe nezapomeneme. K.