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A tribute to my best friend, and a meditation on life and death, born straight out of a dream

My cat, Sammy, recently passed away. After an episode of heart failure, he was given a very short time to live; I was fortunate enough to spend another month with him after that. It was a very difficult time in my life, both from seeing him in such ill health, and coming to terms with death. I had never lost anyone that I was so close with, that I had spent so much time with.

After weeks of depression and grappling with my understanding of life and death, I had a dream. In this dream, Sammy and I were at the house we grew up in. We were having a house party, and someone left the front door open. He ran outside, and I seemed to be the only one who noticed. I chased after him, following him into a forest that seemed to stretch on forever. I kept calling out to him, crying his name, afraid that I'd lose him forever. I finally caught up with him - he was sitting in a small clearing in the forest, surrounded by pine trees, the ground covered in blue flowers. He was calm, at peace, more relaxed than I'd ever seen him. He was laying in the flowers, looking up into the trees. I took a seat next to him to pet him and comfort him, and I looked where he was looking. There was an opening in the trees, and a heavenly light was shining through, down on us. As we gazed into the light, it grew brighter, warmer, and enveloped us. I woke up with tears in my eyes, and Sammy was sleeping soundly on my lap, which he rarely ever did.

Throughout my dream, there was music playing. I remembered it well, as it was a very simple tune, and have done my best to recreate it in this song, and my guitar playing is an expression of how much I loved Sammers and how much I miss him. It's my hope that sharing this with you will bring you some level of comfort or insight if you or a loved one is in a situation that has you coming to terms with mortality.

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Cameron plays all instruments on featured solo tracks,

and lead guitar on Follow Through and Ambien(t)