Author: Salyers

To my baby Opie, who was killed on December 13th, 2001 by a careless hunter. I’ll never forget you my sweet baby boy. I remember picking you out when you were only a few days old. Your brother Edward still misses you alot but we are taking good care of him. You were only with me for a very short time but your memory will forever hold a place in my heart.

 

I hope you know how much I love you. I know that you loved all of us, and I want you to know that we will miss you so much, about the same as I know your going to miss us.

I don’t even remember what my life was like before you come into it. I was so young. It started with you I think, you are the only thing that has ever made me truly happy. doesn’t’t matter if I was sick or crying over something else, you were there for me. I hope I never let you down in any way because you have never let me down. I hope you left here with peace knowing that you weren’t’t just a dog to any of us… you were a part of our family. Matter of fact, I think you are what made us a family. No one or thing could ever come into my life and make the impact that you made on me.

I don’t want you to worry about us, we will somehow be okay but I won’t ever stop missing you for as long as I live. I am doing everything I can to not let myself loose it. I can’t believe I am never going to hear or see you again, you were such a big part of my life for so long and I wouldn’t’t have had it any other way. I hope you are with Ram, and I hope you are running all over the place and I hope the sun always shines up there. I can picture you running like you use too when I would take you over in the big horse pen. You looked almost like you weren’t’t touching the ground and your big ol tongue would be hanging out. I still picture coming out of the gas station and seeing you sitting in the front seat of the car, waiting for me… you looked like E.T. That was your favorite thing to do was to be in the car and see different things.

I don’t think there was ever a time you didn’t’t make me smile except for seeing you in pain. I wish I would have never had to see you like that and I wish you never would of had to go through that. I am sorry about all of that, I wish I could have done something for you, or helped you more. I hope that it didn’t’t hurt you and I hope it wasn’t’t scary for you to leave us. I’m sure you were scared because you worry how we are going to be without each other and I’m worried about that too. I hope someone is up there giving you all the attention you deserve. I know you love attention. I loved your little personality… you were like a human. I know God will not be disappointed with you because no one here ever was.

They are all lucky to be getting you as you are such a special angel. I don’t think you could have been anymore loyal to any of us, or me. I know we will see each other again, I know you will be the first thing I see when it’s my time to go, at least I hope so. It scares me to think my life is going to continue without you because I don’t know what to do without you. You took my heart when you left.

I’ll always image hearing you barking or Ram’s toenails walking across the kitchen floor. You’ll always be on my mind but this is your time now to run and play and be whole and young again. I don’t want you to ever regret leaving us, you held on as long as you could and we know it was for us. It’s your time now, may you always have food to eat and water to drink and someone to play with. May you never get lonely and may you continue to give us strength, just like you did when you were here. To my best friends, I will love you forever.

Ram – October 1, 1989 – May 27, 1999
Rocky – October 1, 1989 – February 9, 2003