BooBoo came into our life Christmas 1989. My husband and a friend had been at a garage sale and the man who had the Shin Tzu puppies was moving to Arkansas and he told my husband he would sell one to him for $75.00.
My husband brought her and came out to my office where I was working and said he had a surprise for me! (My husband never surprised me, so I thought he probably going to play a joke on me or something. He told he to hold out my hands and close my eyes. I did. Then he placed a little six week old puppy in my hands (wrapped in a pretty red bow). I feel in love with her that instant.
My son was 16 years old at the time. When he came in from school that day his Dad and I had BooBoo waiting a chair (still with the red bow wrapped around her). He feel in love with her instantly too.
She has been the joy and treasurer of our home. I can’t truly express in words what she meant to all of us.
She was so smart! I’d swear she seemed to understand everything we said to her. She was like a little child. How blessed we were for the past 15 years to have her in our family. We were the lucky ones!
I cannot express how much I miss her.
She will live in my heart forever.
When she died last Saturday. A little part of my heart died with her. We have buried her in a little grave in the back of the yard. My husband has made a wooden cross for her grave and I will always keep some flowers on her grave.
I would give anything
to hold her in my arms just one more time,
but I know that will never be.
The pain of her loss is unbearable. I will always keep her alive in my heart, and I will always be grateful to God for the best 15 years of our lives and that that wonderful little dog was a part of our family.