MY DEAR DOG SPARKY WAS ONLY 3 YRS. 1 MONTH OLD WHEN HE DIED. I HAD TO HAVE HIM PUT TO SLEEP TO RELIEVE HIS SUFFERING, FOR HE WAS POISONED BY SOME SICK, CRUEL, EVIL PERSON WHOM THE LORD KNOWS AND THEY WILL BE JUDGED FOR MY LOSS AND THE SUFFERING MY CLOSE, LOYAL, AND CHILD-LIKE COMPANION ENDURED. UNTIL I HAD TO MAKE THE HARDEST DECISION I THINK I HAVE EVER HAD TO MAKE, AND IT WAS UP TO ME TO MAKE THE RIGHT ONE, FOR I KNEW WHAT I WAS GOING
TO FACE WITHOUT HIM.
I TOOK HIM TO THE DOCTOR AND I GOT HIM A SHOT AND MEDICINE AND FOR FOUR DAYS AND NIGHTS I KEPT HIM IN THE HOUSE WITH ME. I CALLED THE DOCTOR AND I TOLD HIM SPARKY WAS NOT GETTING WELL. I TOOK HIM TO THE DOCTOR MONDAY MORNING AND HAD TO MAKE THAT DECISION THAT I DREADED SO MUCH! BUT THE POOR FELLOW I COULD SEE WAS MISERABLE! SO I LOOKED HIM IN THOSE BEAUTIFUL BROWN, BUT DILATED EYES AND WITH TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY FACE, I KISSED HIM ON THE HEAD, TOLD HIM I WAS SORRY THAT SOMEONE CRUEL MADE HIM SICK. TOLD HIM I LOVED HIM SO VERY MUCH AND WAS GOING TO MISS HIM!
I THEN SAID GOODBYE.
I WAITED BY MY TRUCK CRYING FOR I TOLD THE DOCTOR I COULDN’T WATCH FOR MY HEART WAS BREAKING! THEY BROUGHT HIM OUT TO MY TRUCK, AND I GAVE HIM HIS LAST RIDE HOME! I AM ILL MYSELF BUT I FELT IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE THE ONE TO PUT HIM IN HIS RESTING PLOT! I PETTED HIM AFTER I GOT HIM HOME AND IT LOOKED AS IF HE WAS JUST SLEEPING.
I GENTLY PUT IN WITH HIM HIS FAVORITE SQEAKY HE LOVED TO RETRIEVE, A FEW SMALL ROCKS I BROUGHT BACK FROM OUR TRIPS TO COLORADO, AND WROTE A COUPLE OF CARDS OF MY LOVE AND MEMORIES OF US I WOULD NEVER FORGET ! “SPARKY WAS THE BESTFRIEND
ANY HUMAN WOULD LOVE TO HAVE KNOWN”!
I MISS HIM MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY FOR I LOST MY DAD 4/2000, GOT DIVORCED LAST YEAR, AND “SPARKY” BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1999! IT IS TRUE “DOG IS MANS BEST FRIEND” FOR HE WAS ONE OF A KIND AND I WILL ALWAYS CHERISH THE TIME I GOT TO SHARE WITH HIM! I SAID A PRAYER FOR HIM AS HE LAID IN THE BOX, THEN I BURIED HIM. AS A HEADSTONE I PUT A LARGE GRANITE ROCK I GOT WHILE HIM AND I WAS ON TOP OF THE WORLD, PIKES PEAK, CO. AND PUT UP A CROSS. I GO IN THE BACK YARD DAILY, READ MY BIBLE, AND TALK TO HIM! HE WAS JUST LIKE MY CHILD, SO PROTECTIVE OF ME, PLAYFUL, AND IT IS ASHAME SOME PERSON COULD DO WHAT THEY DID TO ME AND ESPECIALLY TO ONE OF GOD’S CREATURES!
HE WENT WITH ME EVERYWHERE I WENT! HE SAW HEAVEN ON TOP OF PIKES PEAK, AND WHEN I TOOK HIM TO GALVESTON HE PLAYED IN THE OCEAN WATER ON THE BEACH! OH WHAT A FRIEND, AND HIS LIFE WAS CUT SHORT BECAUSE OF SOMEONE EVIL!
I PRAY THAT GOD WILL CONVICT AND CHANGE THE HEART OF THE ONE RESPONSIBLE, FOR SPARKY GAVE ME UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, AND I LOVED HIM AND MOURN DAILY, BUT I KNOW ONE DAY I WILL SEE HIM AGAIN WHERE ALL GODS CREATURES GO WHEN THEY PASS ON! HE IS NOT SUFFERING NOW, BUT LOOKING FOR ME I KNOW! THAT IS HOW SPECIAL WE WERE TO ONE ANOTHER! THAT IS MY STORY. THAT US BEING HUMANS SHOULD LOVE EACH OTHER LIKE OUR PETS LOVE, WITH UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR THE WORLD WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN!
GOD BLESS YOU AND THAT IS MY STORY!
(PS)GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW!!!
I MISS YOU & LOVE YOU ALWAYS!!!
| STEVEN R. |