My dear baby whom I let you go 5 short months ago. The tears still flow so freely but yet I know you are in a safe and happy place with Nikita and all the other animals we have lost.
I remember the day I picked you out you were just 2 months old the cutest little fur ball. I just knew I couldn’t go home without you. You came to live with us trusting us and knowing that we were your new family. Even Nikita loved you loved playing with you.
You were my first baby as my own two daughters came along while you grew up with them all the while being their protector playmate and all around companion. Those years flew by too fast as we lost Nikita in 1998 you had a hard time adjusting but we helped you as much as we could.
You loved to romp in the snow with the girls didn’t matter how high it was you loved it coming in with snow matted in your beautiful fur. Then last year you seemed to become picky with your eating habits and we knew something was wrong found out you had kidney disease and they couldn’t guarantee you more than a few months. But I knew somehow you would tell me when the time was right.
I had to carry you up and down my stairs because the arthritis in your hips got so bad you were afraid to do it yourself. But I knew this was a small price to pay for keeping you comfortable. Then we tried to feed you everything to get you to eat. But when you got really sick I saw it in your eyes
and I knew this was your way of telling me that you couldn’t take it anymore.
I still remember that day taking you in and the vet saying they also found a tumor pressing on your intestines and your kidneys were close to closing down there was nothing more that could be done for you. I looked at you laying on that table you just lay there looking at me as if to say “you know what to do.”
I do hope you know this was the only thing to put you at peace. I still remember holding you and feeling your fur as you took your final breath and closed your eyes for the last time.
My Shannon baby I love you so much and won’t ever forget you and I am looking forward to the day when we can play together again.
The girls really miss you I really do and I sometimes think I see you around the house or hear footsteps but have to realize that you’re not there. I have to finish this up while looking
thru the tears but i hope you know how much we love you and will never forget you always.
Till we meet again in heaven my baby Shannon
mom always loves you……
With all my love always till we meet again,
| Shannon |
| 15, Mar 2002 |
| Diane |