June 14 1987 —- March 16 1999
Dog
COOKIE CAME TO US IN A FUNNY WAY.
SHE WAS BORN ON MY AUNT IN NEW JERSEY’S 50TH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. MY MOM DID NOT EVEN KNOW THAT
COOKIE’S MOM WAS EXPECTING. SHE WAS BORN WHEN
MY MOM GOT HOME. MOM CALLED ME TO TELL ME THAT SANDY
HAD ONE PUP THEN IN THE MORNING 5 MORE.
COOKIE WAS HER MOM’S BIGGEST AND FAVORITE.
SHE WAS BUFF COLOR. I LOVED HER FROM THE MINUTE IT
SET MY EYES ON HER. I WOULD SAY TO MOM THE FIRST
ONE OUT THAT DOOR COMES HOME WITH ME.
SURE ENOUGH IT WAS HER. I NAMED HER COOKIE AS MY
DAUGHTER WAS EATING AN OREO COOKIE.
SHE GOT IN TROUBLE AS A PUP AND MY HUSBAND MADE ME
BRING HER BACK. THEN MY DAUGHTER AND ME MISSED HER
SO MUCH THAT HE LET US KEEP AND SHE WAS THE BEST.
SHE ALWAYS PLAYED WITH HER BUDDY RUSTY WHO TOO IS GONE.
THEN WE MOVED INTO A NEW HOUSE AND THAT JULY 4TH
SHE HAD PROBLEMS WITH HER HIND LEGS I RUSHED HER INTO
THE HOSPITAL AND SHE WAS IN FOR A WEEK AND GOT WELL.
THEN 4 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD RUSTY PASSED AWAY
AND WE GOT HER A NEW FRIEND BARNEY A GOLDEN RETRIEVER
WHO WAS BIG FOR HER BUT SHE KEPT UP WITH THEM.
THEN IN NOVEMBER HER HIND LEGS GAVE OUT AGAIN.
I BROUGHT HER AGAIN INTO THE HOSPITAL AND SHE WAS
THERE FOR A WEEK BUT THEY GAVE ME NO HOPE.
COOKIE CAME OUT WAS SEEM TO GET UP TO PARE AGAIN
WE LEFT IN FEB. FOR FLORIDA AND MY DAUGHTER WATCHED
HER AND BARNEY.
SHE WAS OR SEEMED TO BE HER OLD SELF AGAIN.
THEN IN MARCH A FEW WEEKS AFTER WE CAME BACK MY HUSBAND
CALLED ME AT WORK WITH SOME BAD NEWS COOKIE COULD
NOT WALK AGAIN AND WAS DRAGGING.
HE TOLD THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PUT HER DOWN THE NEXT DAY.
MY DAUGHTER AND ME CRIED SHE TRIED TO MAKE HER A
WHEELCHAIR BUT THAT DID NOT WORK.
WHEN MY HUSBAND WOKE UP IN THE AFTERNOON HE SAID HE
HAD TO TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL AS SHE WAS SUFFERING.
THEN CAME THAT DREADFUL CALL SHE WAS GONE.
I HAD TO LEAVE WORK AND COULD NOT STOP CRYING FOR HER.
COOKIE IS THOUGHT ABOUT EVERY DAY.
HER PICTURE IS IN MY QUE AT WORK IN OUR HOUSE AND IN
MY CAR I STILL HAVE HER COLLAR NEAR ME TOO.
COOKIE WE ALL LOVE AND MISS YOU.
LOVE YOU GIRL,
MOM DAD DEB AND BARNEY
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