MEMORIAL for pets in passing

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pets in passing</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>                                                                                                                                                                                  <IMG SRC="d9890770.gif" border=0 width="400" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>this lovely animation was found on the web.  creator unknown</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT></div> <div> <B> <embed src="HTMLobj-4189/SOMEWHERE.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Each of us that has lost a beloved pet has mourned in our own way. </B></div> <div> <B>There is no right or wrong way to feel about those we have had to bid farewell. No right or wrong amount of time to feel sad, or even to want to have that big empty space filled.Each of us has to follow our hearts and do what is right for us as individuals. </B></div> <div> <B>Following are some poems that I hope will help ease the pain of losing a beloved companion and make it possible to want another. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>     <IMG SRC="d9e1e560.gif" border=0 width="30" height="86" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                         <IMG SRC="da05a660.gif" border=0 width="90" height="102" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                     <IMG SRC="d9f1e560.gif" border=0 width="30" height="86" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>German Shepherds</B></div> <div> <B>04/02/99 to 08/08/06 Casa Strega's Star Gazer (Satan) Clyde R. Thomas </B></div> <div> <B>06/24/95 to 04/02/08 Casa Strega's Walker Joe (Joe) Karen & Eddie</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Poodles</B></div> <div> <B>01/25/01 to 08/ 2002 Casa Strega Mystical Minx (Sadie) Jane Keroack</B> </div> <div> <B>12/31/95 to 07/01/04 Casa Strega's Solitary Man (Solo) Betsy Root</B> </div> <div> <B>01/14/91 to 03/08/06 Casa Strega's Vive La Joie (Vive) Beverly Youngs</B></div> <div> <B>07/24/96 to 09/24/07 Casa Strega's Drambuie Rouge </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0066" FACE="Arial" ><B>** </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Joy Cenicola</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>08/15/92 to 01/21/08 Casa Strega's Champaign Lady (Pinky)  Joy Cenicola</B></div> <div> <B>07/30/96 to 4/17/08 Casa Strega's Little Bit O Luck (Tee Wee) Joy Cenicola</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0066" FACE="Arial" ><B>**</B></FONT><B>Today Sept 24th 2007  we lost our beloved Dram. If I had</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.busteralert.com:80/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.busteralert.com:80/"><B>Info on Ivermectin sensitivity</B></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>last month Dram would still be with us.</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Poodles are not on the list of sensitive dogs but some still are sensitive to Ivermectin. For those living on or near farms where the cattle are treated with ivermectin, please be especially alert to the dangers. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>For all our other canines and felines who have been so loved over the years, too many to list since 1953, farewell dear ones,I will hold you in my heart till we meet again.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I want to share the following email I received today. I think it is wonderful for any one to bring an old dog with health problems into their home and give them the chance for love and pleasure in the last of their life.</B></div> <div> <B>I consider Brandy to be an honorary Casa La Strega dog since he was such an important part of a Casa La Strega dog family. </B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>"Brandy" (20 Oct 1991 - 11 Oct 2007)</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="129fc8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Hi, Joy. I know he wasn't a "Casa la Strega" poodle but I just wanted to let you know that I lost Brandy, my diabetic/geriatric rescue poodle, this past Thursday night. The emergency vet believes he suffered a number of serious strokes, a diagnosis my vet concurred with upon speaking with her and reviewing the records, etc. What made it so very hard is that it was so unexpected: I came home and we went on our usual walk, he had his dinner - he was having one of his "good/high energy" days. Nothing was out of the norm until he stood up and the first incident occurred. He recovered from the first but it was followed 10 minutes later by a second; he was rushed to the Emergency Vet and he continued to decline. The episodes, combined with other health indicators led the vet to believe whatever was going on wasn't a simple stroke (from which dogs can easily recover). I had to make the decision to let him go at 11:20 p.m. Brandy was just shy of his 16th birthday. Although I only had him for a little over a year he was special to me. He was immediately accepted by Alexander the Great and Pippin and they were a great pack! I miss him already but I have to believe he's in a better place - Summerland - and that he's now free of all the illnesses (diabetes, arthritis, chronic bronchitis) and discomforts he endured as a geriatric poodle. </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Yesterday at 4:00 PM, Brandy's usual walking time, I leashed up Alex & Pip and we carried Brandy's leash as we took his usual (and final) walk route. I wish more people would consider adopting the senior or geriatric dogs; puppies are cute but the older dogs have a way of getting into your heart and they give so much... every dog deserves to spend their golden years in a loving home with a loving pack. </B></div> <div> <B>Thanks you. Suzanne, Alexander the Great, Pippin and Brandy</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>October 1 2006</B></div> <div> <B>Over the past few months there have been outbreaks of what is believed to possibly be a new strain of Parvo-Virus. These have occurred in a number of states. Many breeders have lost some or all the puppies in their summer and fall litters. These are concientious breeders who take the finest care of their dogs and puppies. They stayed up 24/7 for many a day and night nursing these beloved pups with very little success. They spent large sums of money for vet care & hospitalization for many also with little to no success. They spent large sums of money on tests and necropsies with no real answers.</B></div> <div> <B>They went through hell and their heartbreak was intollerable. </B></div> <div> <B>It is with heavy heart that I write this tribute to them and their lost little ones who ranged in age from a few weeks to a few months. Those old enough were all properly vaccinated. They became ill any way. This is a terrible thing we are fighting and no one or no area is safe from it. There is no positive proof of the ways this virus is spread or exactly what it really is. Much testing is being done and so far no definitive results. The jury is still out on what it really is.I hope the experts at the universities studying these outbreaks will soon find out. I pray medication to cure this and a new vaccine for prevention will be soon available. In the meantime,we must all use the utmost caution in the care and exposure of all our dogs.       </B></div> <bR> <div> A Puppy's Farewell</div> <div> by Nancy Walton </div> <bR> <div> Where do the silken puppies go</div> <div> Whose lives, before us, </div> <div> Fade away?</div> <div> Why are they taken from us, </div> <div> Robbed of puppy romp </div> <div> And puppy play?</div> <bR> <div> Perhaps they might go to the same place</div> <div> As babes who died in their mothers' arms</div> <div> There they could lick those cherubs' cheeks </div> <div> And lavish all their puppy charms. </div> <bR> <div> A place they could run through fields of clover </div> <div> And daisies and poppies and heather,</div> <div> A place they could throw back their heads</div> <div> And joyfully dance together.</div> <bR> <div> And when the moon would come up at night</div> <div> With baby's breath, they'd make a nest,</div> <div> Angels and puppies would snuggle up tight</div> <div> And smile sweet smiles</div> <div> In peaceful rest.</div> <bR> <div> This is the song of a saddened heart,</div> <div> A love-tune, a last good-bye</div> <div> To a puppy that never licked a face</div> <div> To an emptiness I feel inside</div> <div> To a part of me that holds him close</div> <div> Even though he died. </div> <bR> <bR> <div>  From the book <U>Letter to a Grieving Heart by Billy Sproque</U></div> <bR> <div> I am sorry that you have to face life with this kind of wound. I don't </div> <div> have any answers. Or magic words.</div> <bR> <div> In fact, I would rather sit and walk with you for a silent hour than </div> <div> fill your ears with words that ring hollow and fall so short of real </div> <div> comfort. I would rather do your dishes, or re-stock your refrigerator. Or </div> <div> write out the checks to pay your bills, answer your phone, or take care </div> <div> of other mundane details. I would rather listen to you tell me all the </div> <div> things you loved about what you are missing so much. Or light a </div> <div> fire in your fireplace and make you something warm to drink. Or read </div> <div> the Psalms to you. Or bring you a pot of homemade soup. I would rather </div> <div> sleep on the floor beside your bed, so when you wake up in agony, </div> <div> someone is there. </div> <div> Because these are things people did for me when grief broke down </div> <div> my door..</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Just this side of heaven is a place called</U></B><B><U> </U></B><B><U>R</U></B><B><U>a</U></B><B><U>i</U></B><B><U>n</U></B><B><U>b</U></B><B><U>o</U></B><B><U>w</U></B><B><U> </U></B><B><U>B</U></B><B><U>r</U></B><B><U>i</U></B><B><U>d</U></B><B><U>g</U></B><B><U>e.</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them,</B></div> <div> <B>who had to be left behind.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him </B></div> <div> <B>faster and faster.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#6633FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Then you cross </B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660099" FACE="Arial" ><B>R</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>a</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>i</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><B>n</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" ><B>b</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6666FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>o</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0099" FACE="Arial" ><B>w</B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>B</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" ><B>r</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>i</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><B>d</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#33CC33" FACE="Arial" ><B>g</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>e </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#6633FF" FACE="Arial" ><B> together.... </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Author unknown...</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>A LOAN FROM GOD</U></B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>God promised at the birth of time, a special friend to give,</B></div> <div> <B>his time on earth is short, he said, so love him while he lives. </B></div> <div> <B>It may be six or seven years, or twelve or then sixteen,</B></div> <div> <B>but will you, till I call him back, take care of him for me? </B></div> <div> <B>A wagging tail and cold wet nose, and silken velvet ears, </B></div> <div> <B>a heart as big as all outdoors, to love you through the years. </B></div> <div> <B>His puppy ways will gladden you, and antics bring a smile, </B></div> <div> <B>as guardian or friend he will, be loyal all the while.</B></div> <div> <B>He'll bring his charms to grace your life, and though his stay be brief, when he's gone the memories, are solace for your grief. </B></div> <div> <B>I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return, </B></div> <div> <B>but lessons only a dog can teach, I want you each to learn. </B></div> <div> <B>Whatever love you give to him, returns in triple measure, </B></div> <div> <B>follow his lead and gain a life, brim full of simple pleasure. </B></div> <div> <B>Enjoy each day as it comes, allow your heart to guide, \</B></div> <div> <B>be loyal and steadfast in love, as the dog there by your side. </B></div> <div> <B>Now will you give him all your love, nor think the labor vain, </B></div> <div> <B>nor hate me when I come to call, to take him back again? </B></div> <div> <B>I fancy each of us would say, "Dear Lord, thy will be done, </B></div> <div> <B>for all the joy this day shall bring, the risk of grief we'll run." </B></div> <div> <B>"We'll shelter him with tenderness, we'll love him while we may, </B></div> <div> <B>and for the happiness we've known, forever grateful stay." </B></div> <div> <B>"But shall the angels call for him, much sooner than we've planned, we'll brave the bitter grief that comes, and try to understand."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- Author Unknown </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>I Remember</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I stood by your bed last night, I came to have a peep.</B></div> <div> <B>I could see that you were crying. You found it hard to sleep.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I whined to you softly as you brushed away a tear,</B></div> <div> <B>"It's me, I haven't left you, I'm well, I'm fine, I'm here."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I was close to you at breakfast, I watched you pour the tea,</B></div> <div> <B>You were thinking of the many times your hands reached down to me.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I was with you at the shops today. Your arms were getting sore.</B></div> <div> <B>I longed to take your parcels, I wish I could do more.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I was with you at my grave today, You tend it with such care.</B></div> <div> <B>I want to re-assure you, that I'm not lying there.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I walked with you towards the house, as you fumbled for your key.</B></div> <div> <B>I gently put my paw on you, I smiled and said "It's me."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You looked so very tired, and sank into a chair.</B></div> <div> <B>I tried so hard to let you know, that I was standing there.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It's possible for me to be so near you everyday.</B></div> <div> <B>To say to you with certainty, "I never went away."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You sat there very quietly, then smiled, I think you knew...</B></div> <div> <B>in the stillness of that evening, I was very close to you.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The day is over... I smile and watch you yawning</B></div> <div> <B>and say "Good-night, God bless, I'll see you in the morning."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide,</B></div> <div> <B>I'll rush across to greet you and we'll stand, side by side.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I have so many things to show you, there is so much for you to see.</B></div> <div> <B>Be patient, live your journey out... then come home to be with me.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- Author unknown </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Treasured Friend</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I lost a treasured friend today</B></div> <div> <B>The little dog who used to lay</B></div> <div> <B>Her gentle head upon my knee</B></div> <div> <B>And share her silent thoughts with me...</B></div> <div> <B>She'll come no longer to my call</B></div> <div> <B>Retrieve no more her favorite ball</B></div> <div> <B>A voice far greater than my own</B></div> <div> <B>Has called her to His golden throne.</B></div> <div> <B>Although my eyes are filled with tears,</B></div> <div> <B>I thank Him for the happy years</B></div> <div> <B>He let her spend down here with me</B></div> <div> <B>And for her love and loyalty.</B></div> <div> <B>When it is time for me to go</B></div> <div> <B>And join her there, this much I know...</B></div> <div> <B>I shall not fear the transient dark</B></div> <div> <B>For she will greet me with her bark.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- Author Unknown -</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>OLD DOGS DO NOT DIE</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We have a secret, you and I,</B></div> <div> <B>That no one else shall know,</B></div> <div> <B>For who, but I can see you lie,</B></div> <div> <B>Each night, in fireglow?</B></div> <div> <B>And who but I can reach my hand</B></div> <div> <B>Before we go to bed,</B></div> <div> <B>And feel the living warmth of you</B></div> <div> <B>And touch your silken head?</B></div> <div> <B>And only I walk woodland paths,</B></div> <div> <B>And see, ahead of me,</B></div> <div> <B>Your small form racing with the wind,</B></div> <div> <B>So young again, and free.</B></div> <div> <B>And only I can see you swim</B></div> <div> <B>In every brook I pass.</B></div> <div> <B>And, when I call, no one but I</B></div> <div> <B>Can see the bending grass.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- Author Unknown -</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>A LIVING LOVE</U></B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>If you ever love an animal, there are at least two days in you life you will always remember....</B></div> <div> <B>The first is a day, blessed with happiness, when you bring home your young new friend. You may have spent weeks deciding on a breed. You may asked numerous opinions of many vets, or done long research in finding a breeder. Or, perhaps in a fleeting</B><B> </B><B>moment, you may have just chosen that silly looking mutt in a shelter--simple because something in its eyes reached your heart. But when you bring that chosen pet home, and watch it explore its special place in your hall or front room--and when you feel it brush against you for the first time--it instills a feeling of pure love you will carry with you through the many years to come.</B></div> <div> <B>The second day will come when your friend leaves you. It may be a sudden, anguished moment, a decision your friend and God have made for you, or a decision you make for your friend, out of compassion and caring. But whichever way your friend eventually leaves you, whether after a few weeks or months, or after many years--that day you will feel as long as a single star in the dark night.</B></div> <div> <B>If you are wise, you will let the tears flow as freely and as often as they must. And if you are typical, you will find that not many in your circle of family or friends will be able to understand your grief, or comfort you.</B></div> <div> <B>But if you are true to the love of the pet you cherished through the many joy-filled years, you may find that a soul--a bit smaller in size than your own--seems to walk with you, at times, during the lonely days to come.</B></div> <div> <B>And at moments when you least expect anything out of the ordinary to happen, you may feel something brush against your leg--very very lightly.</B></div> <div> <B>And looking down at the place where your dear, perhaps dearest, friend used to lay--you will remember those two significant days. The memory will most likely to be painful, and leave an ache in your heart--As time passes the ache will come and go as if it has a life of its own. You will both reject it and embrace it, and it may confuse you. If you reject it, it will depress you. If you embrace it, it will deepen you. Either way, it will still be an ache.</B></div> <div> <B>But there will be, I assure you, a third day when--along with the memory of your pet--and piercing through the heaviness in your heart--there will come a realization that belongs only to you. It will be as unique and strong as our relationship with each animal we have loved, and lost. This realization takes the form of a Living Love--like the heavenly scent of a rose that remains after the</B><B> </B><B>petals have wilted, this Love will remain and grow--and be there for us to remember. It is a love we have earned. It is the legacy our pets leave us when they go. And it is a gift we may keep</B><B> </B><B>with us as long as we live. It is a Love which is ours alone. And until we ourselves leave, perhaps to join our Beloved Pets--it is a Love we will always possess.</B></div> <div> <B>(by Martin Scot Kosins)</B></div> <bR> <div> THE BEST PLACE TO BURY A DOG </div> <bR> <div> "There is one best place to bury a dog.</div> <div> "If you bury him in this spot, he will</div> <div> come to you when you call - come to you</div> <div> over the grim, dim frontier of death, </div> <div> and down the well-remembered path, </div> <div> and to your side again.</div> <bR> <div> "And though you call a dozen living</div> <div> dogs to heel, they shall not growl at</div> <div> him, nor resent his coming,</div> <div> for he belongs there.</div> <bR> <div> "People may scoff at you, who see</div> <div> no lightest blade of grass bent by his</div> <div> footfall, who hear no whimper, people </div> <div> who may never really have had a dog.</div> <div> Smile at them, for you shall know</div> <div> something that is hidden from them,</div> <div> and which is well worth the knowing.</div> <bR> <div> "The one best place to bury a good</div> <div> dog is in the heart of his master."</div> <bR> <div> --- Ben Hur Lampman ---</div> <div> from the Portland Oregonian Sept. 11, 1925</div> <div> [AKA "If A Dog Be Well Remembered"] </div> <div> [AKA "Where TO Bury A Dog"] </div> <bR> <div> <B>The Journey</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>When you bring a puppy into your life, you begin a journey. A journey that will bring you more love and devotion than you have ever known, yet will also test your strength and courage. If you allow, the journey will teach you many things, about life, about yourself, and most of all, about love. You will come away changed forever, for one soul cannot touch another without leaving its mark.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Along the way, you will learn much about savoring life's simple pleasures -- jumping in leaves, snoozing in the sun, the joys of puddles, and even the satisfaction of a good scratch behind the ears.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>If you spend much time outside, you will be taught how to truly experience every element, for no rock, leaf, or log will go unexamined, no rustling bush will be overlooked, and even the very air will be inhaled, pondered, and noted as being full of valuable information.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Your pace may be slower, except when heading home to the food dish, but you will become a better naturalist, having been taught by an expert in the field. Too many times we hike on automatic pilot, our goal being to complete the trail rather than enjoy the journey.  We miss the details; the colorful mushrooms on the rotting log, the honeycomb in the old maple snag, the hawk feather caught on a twig.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Once we walk as a dog does, we discover a whole new world. We stop, we browse the landscape, we kick over leaves, peek in tree holes, look up, down, all around. and we learn what any dog knows that nature has created a marvelously complex world that is full of surprises, that each cycle of the seasons bring ever changing wonders, each day an essence all its own, each day a gift from God.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Even from indoors you will find yourself more attuned to the world around you.</B></div> <div> <B>You will find yourself watching: summer insects collecting on a screen; how bizarre they are; how many kinds there are or noting the flick and flash of fireflies through the dark. You will stop to observe the swirling dance of windblown leaves, or sniff the air after a rain. It does not matter that there is no objective in this, the point is in the doing, in not letting life's most important details slip by.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You will find yourself doing silly things that your pet-less friends might not understand: spending thirty minutes in the grocery aisle looking for the cat food brand your puppy must have, buying dog birthday treats, or driving around the block an extra time because your pet enjoys the ride. You will roll in the snow, wrestle with chew toys, bounce little rubber balls till your eyes cross, and even run around the house trailing your bathrobe tie with a puppy in hot pursuit, all in the name of love.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Your house will become muddier and hairier. You will wear less dark clothing and buy more lint rollers.  You may find dog biscuits in your pocket or purse, and feel the need to explain that an old plastic shopping bag adorns your living room rug because your puppy loves the crinkly sound.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You will learn the true measure of love.  The steadfast, undying kind that says, "It doesn't matter where we are or what we do, or how life treats us as long as we are together."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Respect this always.  It is the most precious gift any living soul can give another. You will not find it often among the human race and you will learn humility.  The look in my dog's eyes often made me feel ashamed. Such joy and love at my presence. She saw not some flawed human who could be cross and stubborn, moody or rude, but only her wonderful companion.  Or maybe she saw those things and dismissed them as mere human foibles, not worth considering, and so chose to love me anyway.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>If you pay attention and learn well, when the journey is done, you will be not just a better person, but the person your pet always knew you to be.  The one they were proud to call beloved friend.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I must caution you that this journey is not without pain.  Like all paths of true love, the pain is part of loving.  For as surely as the sun sets, one day your dear animal companion will follow a trail you cannot yet go down.  And you will have to find the strength and love to let them go.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>A pet's time on earth is far too short, especially for those that love them. We borrow them, really, just for a while, and during these brief years they are generous enough to give us all their love, every inch of their spirit and heart, until one day there is nothing left.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The dog that only yesterday was a puppy is all too soon old and frail and sleeping in the sun. The young pup of boundless energy now wakes up stiff and lame, the muzzle gone to gray.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deep down we somehow always knew that this journey would end. We knew that if we gave our hearts they would be broken. But give them we must for it is all they ask in return. When the time comes, and the road curves ahead to a place we cannot see, we give one final gift and let them run on ahead, young and whole once more. "God speed, good friend," we say, until our journey comes full circle and our paths cross again. Bless their souls for sharing their lives with us by adding so much to our very existence.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Author Unknown...</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Death is nothing at all</B></div> <div> What is dying?</div> <div> I am standing on the seashore. A ship sails and spreads her white </div> <div> sails to  the morning breeze and starts for the ocean. </div> <div> She is an object of  beauty and I stand watching her 'til at last, </div> <div> she fades on the  horizon. And someone at my side says, "She is gone."</div> <div> Gone where?</div> <div> Gone from my sight, that is all. She is just as large in the </div> <div> masts, hull  and spars as she was when I saw her And just as able to </div> <div> bear her load of living freight to its destination.</div> <div> The diminished size and total loss of sight is in me, </div> <div> not her; and just at the moment when someone at my side says, </div> <div> "She is gone," </div> <div> There are  others who are watching her coming and other voices take up </div> <div> a glad  shout </div> <div> "There she comes!"</div> <div> and that is DYING.</div> <div> DEATH is nothing at all. I have only slipped away to the next room. </div> <div> I am me and you are you, </div> <div> whatever we were to each other we are that still.</div> <div> Call me by my old familiar name. Speak to me in the easy way </div> <div> which you always used. Put no difference into your tone. Wear no forced air </div> <div> of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little </div> <div> jokes we enjoyed together.</div> <div> Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever a </div> <div> household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without effort, </div> <div> without the ghost of a shadow in it. </div> <div> Life means more than it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was.</div> <div> There is absolute unbroken continuity...</div> <div> Why should I be out of your mind because I am out of your sight? </div> <div> I am but waiting for you, for an interval somewhere, very near, </div> <div> just around the corner.</div> <div> All is well.</div> <bR> <div>  Henry Scott Holland 1847-1918</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Please Don't Be Lonely</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Today I see you look around the room, </B></div> <div> <B>the yard, the sky the ground.</B></div> <div> <B>I feel your need, you're lonliness</B></div> <div> <B>The missing of a sweet caress</B></div> <div> <B>The longing for a furry head</B></div> <div> <B>beside you in the night in bed.</B></div> <div> <B>A tongue </B><B>that </B><B>quickly finds your face, </B></div> <div> <B>A dear companion with a ball to chase.</B></div> <div> <B>Do not feel guilt, do not feel bad.</B></div> <div> <B>Nothing can change the love we had, </B></div> <div> <B>Please get for me a sister or brother</B></div> <div> <B>to be a companion for one another </B></div> <div> <B>A furry friend to cuddle and love</B></div> <div> <B>so I can watch from up above.</B></div> <div> <B>I know that the he or she</B></div> <div> <B>you choose won't take the place of me </B></div> <div> <B>I'm sorry that we had to part</B></div> <div> <B>Fill that empty space in your home and heart.</B></div> <div> <B>Please don't be lonely !</B></div> <div> <B>written by Joy Cenicola   Nov. 17th 2005</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0066CC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Nothing I write could express my feelings more clearly than the </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>beautiful song below </B><B>written by James Horner, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0066CC" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   </B></FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Somewhere out there</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>                                                                                                                                       </B></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Beneath the pale moonlight</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Someone's thinking of me</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And loving me tonight</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Somewhere out there</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Someone's saying a prayer</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>That we'll find one another</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>In that big somewhere out there</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>And even though I know how very far apart we are</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>It helps to think we might be wishing</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>On the same bright star</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>If helps to think we're sleeping</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Underneath the same big sky</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Somewhere out there</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>If love can see us through</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Then we'll be together</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Somewhere out there</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Out where dreams come true</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>When tomorrow starts without me,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And I'm not there to see;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>If the sun should rise and find your eyes</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>All filled with tears for me;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I wish so much you wouldn't cry</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The way you did today,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>While thinking of the many things,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We didn't get to say.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>I know how much you love me,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>As much as I love you,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And each time that you think of me,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I know you'll miss me too;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But when tomorrow starts without me,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Please try to understand,</B></I></div> <div> 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