One moment you were here and then you were gone; I didn’t even get to say goodbye. You didn’t even get to live your whole life. One day a stray dog came over and I went outside to see if he knew any tricks; I opened the barn door and you came out of the cat pen and puffed up your fur. I didn’t think he would hurt you, but he did. He graved you going reverse I tried to stop him but he wouldn’t let go of you then Tiger Julies cat graved on your face but he was too tough finally you got away and I pushed him out the door.
I ran up in the hayballs found you scared to death. I picked you up and ran in the house saying mom get that stray dog of this farm; my mom said to put leah in the cat pen so she could tie up the stray dog; when I put leah in the cat pen she was bleeding badly and in shock I kept praying over her two hours. Later my mom said bring her in so I can see if she needs to go to the vet. When I brought her in my mom said why didn’t you tell me she needed to go to the vet so we brought her to the vet. Leah kept meowing; it was so hard to kept the tears in.
Then the vet came out and said we will take a look at her so you go home and we will call you so we went home and right when we got home the vet called. My mom kept saying ok finally she hung up she said that the vet said that she had too many injuries and her diagram was punctured so even if they tried to do surgery Leah’s heart would probably give out so they put here to sleep.
I lost my best friend that day and I can never have her back. I miss her so much. I was twelve when she died now I’m the thirteen. Leah was three when she died I wrote a song about her [if I could rewind the past]
A-L-L means Always Love Leah.
I will always love you, Leah, and will forever my sweet sweet girl. You were my best friend, but you were more than a friend you were my heart-Love Cindy I love You, Leah, I always Have.
True love never fails A-L-L,
| Leah |
| 23, Jan 2006 |
| Cindy Thurmer |