June 1985 —– March 1997
Dog
ONE DAY A LONG TIME AGO IN JUNE MY MOM WENT TO MY
AUNT’S 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN NEW JERSEY
NOT KNOWING THAT HER DOG SANDI WAS EXPECTING.
WHEN SHE ARRIVED HOME LATE THAT NIGHT
SHE CALLED TO TELL ME THAT SANDI HAD A PUP
THEN THAT FOLLOWING SHE HAD 5 MORE. I FELL IN LOVE WITH
THE FIRST ONE BORN. SHE WAS A BLONDE COLOR CURLY
AND THE BIGGEST FROM THE LITTER.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE FIRST ONE OUT THE DOOR WITH ME
WOULD COME HOME WITH MY DAUGHTER AND ME.
IT WAS HER. I NAMED HER COOKIE AFTER AN OREO COOKIE
THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS EATING. SHE WAS THE BEST.
THEN ONE DAY ON A 4TH OF JULY HER HIND LEGS GAVE
OUT AND SHE WAS ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL.
SHE CAME HOME A WEEK LATER HER OLD SELF.
OH HOPE SHE WAS LOVE AND LOVABLE. THE BEST.
THEN DOWN THE ROAD 4 YEARS LATER SHE HAD THE
SAME PROBLEM AGAIN.
ONCE AGAIN I BROUGHT HER INTO THE HOSPITAL.
SHE TRIED AND WAS RELEASED BUT NOT WITH MUCH HOPE.
SHE DID FINE WHILE MY HUSBAND AND I WENT ON VACATION
MY DAUGHTER SAID SHE WAS HER OLD SELF AGAIN.
THEN TWO WEEKS AFTER WE GOT BACK MY HUSBAND CALLED
ME AT WORK. HE SAID THAT COOKIE COULD NOT WALK AGAIN
AND WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT HER DOWN.
MY HEART BROKE. THAT NIGHT MY DAUGHTER CAME OVER
AND TRIED TO MAKE A WHEELCHAIR FOR HER BUT NO LUCK.
THE FOLLOWING NOON MY HUSBAND CALLED ME CRYING
HE HAD TO PUT HER DOWN.
I STILL HAVE HER COLLAR AND PICTURE WITH ME WHERE I GO.
I WILL NEVER FORGET MY COOKIE AND CRY FOR HER.
COOKIE WE ALL MISS AND LOVE YOU.
LOVE,
MOM DAD DEBBIE
AND BARNEY
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