YOU CAME TO US ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY,
A BOUNCING BIG BOY, WHO NEEDED TO PLAY!
HOW EXCITED WE WERE TO SEE YOU LIKED YOUR NEW HOME.
WE KNEW FROM THAT MOMENT YOU WOULD NEVER BE ALONE.
IT WAS SUCH A JOY TO HAVE A BOXER LIKE YOU,
RUNNING AND JUMPING AND PLAYING,BUT WE KNEW.
AT NIGHT WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR YOU TO GO TO BED
YOU ALWAYS CAME IN SPUN THREE CIRCLES THEN LAID
DOWN IN YOUR BED.
THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS YOU DID THAT WE LOVED,
LIKE BOUNCING ON YOUR BALL TILL THE AIR HAD ALL GONE,
OR THE WAY YOU WOULD LEAN WHEN WE GAVE YOU A GOOD SCRATCH.
YOU WERE SUCH A BIG BABY WE JUST HAD TO LAUGH.
AND THE WAY YOU LOOKED AT US WHEN YOU WERE READY TO PLAY, WE’D SAY “GO GET YOUR TOY”, AND YOU WERE ON YOUR WAY.
THIS IS HOW WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU,
OUR BIG BABY BOY BOXER WHO ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY.
DON’T YOU WORRY MY REBEL,BECAUSE WE PROMISE ONE DAY,
WE’LL BE THERE WITH YOU, A BALL IN OUR HAND AND READY TO PLAY!
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR BIG BOY REBEL WHO LOST HIS FIGHT WITH CANCER IN JULY 2004.
| DANICA SHRYOCK |