‘Blackie,Our Shining Star Watching Upon Us’
Our beloved pup Blackie came into our lives back
on May of 01′.
He was a beautiful gift given to us by my sister and brother in law.
Since the beginning our Blackie showed signs of a healthy joyous
playful and loyal pup.
We had him take his puppy shots due to the fact that we treasured him
so much that we did not want to ever loose him due to an illness.
As he started growing up we started taking him with us during
evening walks and boy would he jump and often chased
around small flying grass critters.
Our two other dogs would just run around him and
tackled him gently. Blackie would often take off running with
them through the grassy meadow as we
watched enthusiastically.
Blackie had quite a collection of collectibles from small rag dolls to
plastic balls whom he would play around quite a few times.
He loved his country living freedom and would accompany us on
several trips in our truck into downtown.
His long and pointy ears flapping with the wind.
He loved also being bathed the children and my family adored him.
I remember having him stay inside our home during those nights
when my husband would be working nightshifts.
He was an excellent watchdog and I felt very secure with him.
How in the world were we to believe that all this joy and
happiness would be shattered in a matter of time?
His tragic death came upon us as a cold gush of water
down our bodies. We were in total disbelief and I kept telling myself
that the dog that was lying in the highway could not be him,
that it couldn’t be him.
He knew the place well enough not to go into cars.
What happened next was total chaos on my behalf.
Even before my husband stopped the truck I had the passenger
door opened already and took off running to where he was laying.
I picked him up and hugged him dearly in my arms
but it was already too late.
He was dead.
I cried and cried and my shirt and pants were stained eventually
with his blood. But I did not care.
I felt anger rage against the idiot who took Blackie away from us.
Didn’t you see him? Couldn’t you have stopped?
Don’t you realize that you broke our hearts and that you took
something that we cherished and loved so much?
Our beloved Blackie now lies in a homemade tomb
we made for him.
We have a stone engraved with his beautiful name to which
he gave great meaning and our rest of our dogs miss him terribly,
but like they say life goes on and I truly believe that with Blackie
in our hearts in pictures and you would not believe this but
quite a few little miracles around the house that give us proof
that somehow he will always be around us and
watching over us.
Like that summer night star shining down
upon us with amazing glow!!
Blackie We Love You and Miss You terribly.
We both know that you will always be watching down upon us
and you will always be our little HERO!!!
Joe and Claudia