leh-shi-min by jim & terri white / MOMMA & DADDY

TO MY BABY WRINKLES. WE GOT YOU WHEN YOU WERE A WRINKLED UP PUP & YOU HAVE BROUGHT NOTHING BUT JOY TO US. YOU HAD 5 PUPS AS SWEET AS YOU. YOU & I HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH TOGETHER. YOU COULD FEEL WHAT I WAS FEELING. YOU HELPED ME THROUGH SO MANY HARD TIMES & DIDNT EVEN REALIZE IT. WHEN I WAS ON THE FLOOR CRYING, YOU WERE RIGHT THERE CUDDLED UP NEXT TO ME. YOU ALWAYS MADE THE HURT GO AWAY.

WE MOVED YOU TO A NEW HOME WHERE YOU COULD RUN FREE. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT YOU WOULDNT BE ABLE TO RUN FREE FOR VERY LONG. YOU WERE SO SICK FOR SO LONG & NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH YOU. FINALLY I GOT THAT CALL ONE SAD DAY IN OCTOBER. I HAD MY FAMILY HERE. I WAS TOLD THAT YOU HAD A STOMACH FULL OF CANCER & TIME HAD RUN OUT FOR YOU. NO MEDICINE COULD HELP YOU NOW. I DIDNT REALIZE HOW SHORT OF TIME THEY MEANT. IT WAS ONLY 2 WEEKS LATER, YOU COLLAPSED DOWN AT THE POND. YOU LOVED TO GO FOR LONG WALKS TO THE POND WITH MOMMA. I NEVER HAD THE HEART TO GO WITHOUT YOU, SO I BROUGHT YOU ALONG SICK OR NOT. YOU COLLAPSED & I HAD TO CARRY YOU BACK. THE NEXT DAY, YOU TOLD ME WITH YOUR EYES THAT IT WAS TIME TO GO. I DIDNT WANT TO LET YOU GO, BUT I KNEW THERE WAS NO HOPE. YOU KNEW TOO. YOU TOLD ME SO.

I CARRIED YOU TO THE VET & HELD YOU. THE WINDOW WAS DOWN & YOU JUST SMELLED THE AIR. I LOOKED UP AT THE HEAVENS & PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD TAKE CARE OF YOU FOR ME. I PRAYED THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO RUN FREE ONCE AGAIN. I PRAYED THAT ALL OF YOUR PAIN WOULD BE GONE FOREVER. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE & MISS YOU. I STILL REMEMBER MY BABY WRINKLES CARRYING A TURTLE IN HER MOUTH & BRINGING IT TO ME SO PROUD AS IF TO SAY LOOK MOM, LOOK WHAT I HAVE. NOTHING WILL EVER REPLACE YOU IN MY HEART.
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN SWEET BABY, THE LORD WILL CARE FOR YOU & KEEP YOU WELL.

I LOVE YOU LESHES.

 

WITH ALL OF OUR LOVE
leh-shi-min
24, Oct 2000
jim & terri white