by Joe and Debbie Rawlins / JOE AND DEBBIE RAWLINS

I LOVE YOU BUDDY, MY LIFE PARTNER, MY BEST FRIEND
IT HURT ME SO MUCH THAT YOU HAD LEFT ME MY LITTLE BOY. WE WERE ALWAYS TOGETHER, REMEMBER ALL THE TIMES WE SAT OUTSIDE, YOU WERE ALWAYS BY MY SIDE.ALL OUR WALKS THAT YOU AND I LOVED SO MUCH. YOU LOVED TO GO SWIMMING IN BERKELY ISLAND, AND WOULD ALWAYS LOVE SPOTTY AND YOUR NEW SISTER bABY TO BE WITH US TO, WE WOULD EAT TOGETHER, AND WE WOULD COOK ON THE GRILL AND WE WOULD EAT A HAMBURGER OR HOT DOG.

YOU LOVED CHEESE AND ALWAYS NEW WHEN IT WAS BEDTIME YOU WERE ALWAYS BY MY SIDE LITTLE MAN I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, BUD. REMEMBER HOW YOU WOULD ALWAYS LOOK UP WHEN YOU WERE LAYING DOWN TO MAKE SURE I WAS ALWAYS THERE? I LOVE YOU LITTLE MAN AND DADDY, JOEY, JAMIE, TRACY, SHARON, LORI, DONNIE, CRAIG, KAYLA AND LANEY, SPOT, BABY, NELLY, TIMMY, TIFFY, PEPPY, BELLA, KATE. I WISH EVERYONE COULD LIVE FOREVER, BUD, BECAUSE I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE YOU BY MY SIDE, FOREVER IN MY MIND AND HEART,

I HURT SO MUCH WITHOUT YOU. YOU WERE SO LIKE A HUMAN PERSON, YOU WERE A PROTECTOR, A BEST FRIEND A GOOD KIND SOFT HEARTED FRIEND, I NEED YOU, BUD, WHERE AM I GOING TO BE WITHOUT YOU. I LOVE YOU AND THINK ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, MY BUDDY. WE ALL LOVE YOU AND THERE COULD NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU. YOU ARE ALL OVER THE HOUSE WHEREVER I GO. YOU WERE WITH ME YOU NEVER FAILED YOU ALWAYS ALWAYS WAITING FOR ME OUTSIDE THE BATHROOM DOOR. YOU WERE WITH ME OUTSIDE EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT OF FELT GOOD. YOU KNEW WHEN I WAS UPSET; YOU KNEW WHEN I WAS SAD. YOU WOULD LOOK UP AT ME LIKE TO ALWAYS ASK IF YOU COULD GO WITH ME, EVEN IF I FELT BAD BECAUSE I COULDN’T TAKE YOU WITH ME CAUSE IT WAS TOO HOT. IT HURT ME TO LEAVE YOU BECAUSE I SAW YOU WERE SO SAD. BUT WE ALWAYS WENT FOR OUR WALKS AND
WE LOVED TO DO THAT.

THE LAST DAYS OF YOUR SWEET LIFE DADDY BABY YOU AND I WENT TO BEACHWOOD PARK FOR A WALK. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES I DON’T KNOW HOW I COULD EVER GO THERE OR ANY OF OUR SPECIAL PLACES WITHOUT YOU, BUD, WHERE EVER I GO YOU ARE THERE.

I WISH WE COULD OF HAD SO MUCH MORE TIME TOGETHER YOU MADE ME HAPPY YOU WOULD WINE LIKE A BABY WHEN JAMIE WOULD SAY BUD MOMMY’S HOME. YOU WOULD LICK ME JUMP ON ME YOU WERE SO HAPPY I WAS HOME. YOU WOULD BE RIGHT BY MY SIDE WHEN I WAS ON THE CHAIR ALONG SIDE MY BED AT NIGHT. YOU WOULD WAKE UP WITH ME AND START THE DAY TOGETHER. YOU WERE SO HAPPY WHEN LORI AND KAYLA AND SHARON AND LANEY CAME OVER YOU BARKED AND BARKED UNTIL YOU KNEW YOU WERE NOTICED.

BUD, WHY DID YOU LEAVE? I LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU ARE A BIG PART OF MY LIFE AND I AM SO LOST AND LONELY WITHOUT YOU. IT WILL HURT ME TO EVER GO WHERE WE HAD OUR SPECIAL TIMES TOGETHER. IT’S ALL GONE NOW, BUD, I JUST WISH YOU WERE HERE WITH ME FOREVER, I LOVE YOU LITTLE MAN, LOVE ALWAYS MOMMY AND DADDY
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXGOD BLESS YOU, BUD.
I HOPE WE WILL BE TOGETHER IN HEAVEN.

 

Joe and Debbie Rawlins