In memory of our Mollie Jumper, a rescued Jack Russell who loved life and loved her humans. We rescued Mollie from a home not equipped to deal with her endless energy. Mollie was kept chained because she dug or climbed when penned and chased everything from deer to bear. Mollie was a bundle of energy. Even running free on 100 acres all day Mollie was NEVER still except to put a loving paw on you as if to pet you first. Even after numerous scoldings Mollie never learned not to race to meet those she loved at the end of the driveway. Even after running under cars 3 times she still couldn’t curb her enthusiasm….the 4th time was just too much for her. Tom loved her as much as we did and there is no way he could have seen her coming…she was so fast and happy and so excited at the thought of the greeting him at the other end. She would always tree a few squirrels on the way, look over proudly as if to show you what she did for you and still run cirlces around you in her excitement. I know that Tom feels as badly as we do about losing her. I just hope Tom is too hard on himself because it was not his faulth…and I know Mollie doesn’t want any of us to be unhappy. Though we will grieve for a while we have the happy memories she gave us and know she loved us and had a good life with us. She will always be loved and I know she will once again run to meet us all at the other end….of Rainbow Bridge.
One of my favorite poems…the Hopi Prayer is what I thought of as I grieved for Mollie today. This is in Memory of Mollie….
July ? 1996 – July 14, 2004
Hopi Prayer
-author unknown
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am the thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint in the snow.
I am the sunlight on the ripened grain.
I am the autumn’s gentle rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush.
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there,
I did not die.