Gypsy Lee Wamplamp by DEBORAH KWIATKOWSKI

I REMEMBER BRINGING YOU HOME.
YOU WERE SO SMALL AND CUDDLY WITH YOUR TINY
PAWS AND SOFT FUR.
YOU BOUNCED AROUND THE ROOM WITH EYES
FLASHING AND EARS FLOPPING.
ONCE IN AWHILE YOU’D LET OUT A LITTLE YELP
JUST TO LET ME KNOW THIS WAS YOUR TERRITORY.

THERE WERE TOYS FOR YOU TO PLAY WITH AND
TREATS AS REWARDS BUT THE MOST PLEASURE YOU
EXPRESSED IS WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER.
YOU WANTED SO MUCH TO PLEASE ME AND YOU ALWAYS DID.
YOU KNEW ALL THE COMMANDS I TAUGHT YOU AS IF
WE HAD BEEN TOGETHER IN ANOTHER LIFE.

EARLY ON YOU WERE DIAGNOSED WITH PAVO.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO LOSE YOU BUT YOU
WERE A TROOPER.
YOU HUNG IN THERE AND FOUGHT THE DISEASE.
YOU HAD THE WILL TO LIVE.

AS YOU GOT OLDER YOU PROTECTED ME BY LOOKING OUT
THE WINDOW AND BARKING AT EVERYONE WHO WALKED BY.
YOU WELCOMED MY FRIENDS AND WATCHED OVER
THEM AS IF THEY WERE FAMILY.

WHEN WE WENT BIRD HUNTING WE BOTH WERE PROUD OF
EACH OTHERS REWARDS. YOU WOULD HAVE HUNTED ALL DAY
IF I LET YOU. YOU WOULD ALLOW MY FRIENDS TO HUNT
RIGHT ALONG WITH US AS IF THEY WERE A
PART OF THE TEAM.
YOU ENJOYED GIVING MY FRIENDS THE PLEASURE OF
A GOOD HUNT AS YOU DID ME.

WHEN I HAD A TOUGH DAY AT WORK YOU WOULD BE WAITING
FOR ME WITH YOUR TAIL WAGGING JUST TO SAY
“WELCOME HOME.
I MISSED YOU.” YOU NEVER HAD A BAD DAY
AND I COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU TO BE
THERE FOR ME.

WHEN I SAT DOWN TO REST WATCH TV OR TAKE A MOMENT
FOR MYSELF YOU WOULD HOP ON MY LAP
LOOKING FOR ATTENTION.
YOU NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN TO
HAVE ME PAT YOUR HEAD SO YOU COULD GO TO SLEEP WITH
YOUR HEAD OVER MY LEG.

AS YOU GOT OLDER YOU MOVED AROUND MORE SLOWLY.
THEN ONE DAY GOD HAD OTHER PLANS.
YOU BECAME ILL WITH AN AFFLICTION THAT COULD
NOT BE BEAT.
THE TIME CAME WHEN YOU LOOKED UP AT ME AS IF TO SAY
YOU WERE TO OLD AND TO TIRED AND THAT AFTER ALL
THESE YEARS OF NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING,
YOU HAD TO ASK ME FOR
ONE LAST FAVOR.

WITH TEARS IN MY EYES I DROVE YOU ONE LAST TIME
TO THE VET.
ONE LAST TIME YOU WERE LYING RIGHT ALONG NEXT TO ME.
I KNEW YOU WERE READY FOR WHAT AWAITED AHEAD
BECAUSE OF THE CALMNESS YOU EXPRESSED.

AS THE LAST FEW MINUTES APPROACHED I THOUGHT TO
MYSELF “THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF ME ALL
THESE YEARS AND YOU WILL SURELY BE MISSED
BUT NOT FORGOTTEN”.

YOUR SENSE OF PRIDE ALLOWED YOU TO GO OUT LIKE A LADY.

MAY YOU REST IN PEACE MY LOYAL DEDICATED
LOVING COMPANION AND FRIEND!

SUBMITTED BY :
DEBORAH KWIATKOWSKI
FOR
PAUL LAVIMODIERE

 

Gypsy Lee Wamplamp
DEBORAH KWIATKOWSKI