My dear sweet Teddy,
You came to me at a time when I was hurting bad.
Your mommy Blondie had you in March and you had a purpose.
You were to bring sunshine into the heart of another baby boy Calvin.
When we found out that he had an aneurysm in his head we knew that
he needed a little extra reason to live.
You were the reason for him to go on and try to live.
Calvin could not have you because he died so I decided that no one
could have you except for me. You instinctively knew that you would
be the comfort I would receive when I was hurting so bad.
You laid on my lap kissing away every tear that was shed for Calvin.
You turned in to my baby boy without ever knowing how to do the job.
I showed you trained you in obedience school and went on to rebuild
my whole life around you. You had expensive taste when it came to shoes
but you were allowed to go unpunished.
When your mommy came in heat you gave me fits because I wouldn’t
let you near her not wanting any line breed puppies.
I loved you too much and it showed. When you tried to dethrone the
king of the house Moppit you could not do it.
I could not bear the thought of you two fighting so I always made sure
you stopped before one of you got hurt. Old Moppit is still here
but your mommy hasn’t been the same since you went away
to the Rainbow bridge.
I know that if there is a God in heaven you are there with the other
baby boy Calvin and your both waiting for me there.
I knew when we made that long trip to Houston to get the bike
and then to Palestine to get your future wife Sugar that I
should have left you home.
I had a dream 3 nights before the trip and I saw your destruction
in this dream. That should have been enough warning to me to leave
you at home and board Blondie out while we were gone.
I did not heed the warning and took you to South Dakota with me.
It was there that I lost you and will never have you back.
My heart hurts unlike anything could possibly hurt still yet.
Blondie has a new baby boy now appropriately named “Teddy Two”.
She still grieves for you each day and goes out to the grave and looks up
at the marker that Dave made for you. But she has taken this new boy
and turned him into you in her heart to help her grief.
Unlike you and she T.T. will be able to breed with his adopted
mommy Blondie.
There will never be another dog replace you however in my heart.
You will always be my precious baby boy and I will always love you.
My pain has subsided some but I will always remember my baby boy
in the pictures still up on the wall and the picture on my night stand every
night when I go to bed.
I hope you and Calvin are there to greet me when I get there.
I hope you will never forget me as I will never forget you.
Dad and I miss you so much baby boy but someday we will be reunited
in that land beyond the blue.
Until then be faithful to Calvin and please forgive us for not heeding
the warning to leave you home.
Mommy and Dad
(Marlena and Dave)
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