Dear Jake
I know that while you were still here there was no way I could tell you just how much you meant to me with words only
through expressions and hope that you could understand.
Now that you are in some other place if there is such a place,
maybe now I can communicate to you with words what you did
for me and how I felt and still feel about you I hope these
words somehow find their way to you wherever you are
and maybe now you can understand them.
From the day I picked you up at the kennel just two months old
and pure white I started anticipating all of the wonderful days we
would share together both hunting and just hanging around.
I had hoped that you’d be that dog that was more than a best friend,
that dog that touched everyone. I have to say now looking back,
that you were much more than that. Although your life was cut
short in the four years that we shared together I realized that you
were and still are a dog that I could never be more proud of.
You were beginning to be so predictable and we were just
starting to absolutely understand each other.
Although you’re gone I can still reflect on all the wonderful
moments we shared and all of the wonderful ways you had
about you Like the way you would lick the water off me as
it dripped down my legs when I got out of the shower.
The way you would jump on me when I tried to get into bed.
Like the way you would always be eager to go hunting and then
always be ready to jump back in the truck when we were done.
Everything you did you did with such enthusiasm and so much
energy. The way you would bolt out of the truck and run like a bullet
showed me just how much you loved to hunt.
The way you would constantly be looking off in the distance as if
you didn’t want to miss a thing even when we sat down to take a
break. You were a dog that will always be the one that all of my
future dogs including your stepbrother Toby will be measured up
to. I can only hope that they will help fill that void that has been
left in my heart since the moment you passed.
I didn’t realize it until after you were gone that the bond you
and I shared was so incredibly strong and always will be one of the
greatest things that I could ever hope for.
Every day we spent together was like a vacation from the stress in
my life. You gave me a reason and taught me how to let go
once-in-a-while and relax. For that I thank you.
I wish I knew why you left so early in your life.
I just don’t understand it. Maybe someday I will.
Maybe someday we can hunt together again.
In the meantime I will be thinking of you and looking for
your spirit however and wherever it may show up.
I’ll miss you always.
Take care buddy
Steve
| Jake |
| Steve |