Lord Sebastian by Sharon Wells

MY PRECIOUS SWEETIE”

MY BABY BOY I SUPPOSE A MILLION TIMES WOULD NOT HOLD ALL THE LITTLE STORIES I CAN REMEMBER ABOUT YOU. FROM THE BEGINNING YOU WERE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A MOUSE THAT GREW INTO A LITTLE RAT. A VERY MISCHIEVOUS LITTLE ONE AT THAT YOU WERE SO SMART YET A GREAT PRETENDER TO BE SO HELPLESS. WHAT YOU REALLY WERE DOING WAS USING THAT LITTLE MIND OF YOURS TO HAVE YOUR WAY. YOU COULD WHINE AND LOOK SO PITIFUL IF I WAS SITTING IN OUR FAVORITE SPOT AND YOU WANTED ME TO PICK YOU UP INSTEAD OF JUST JUMPING UP THERE. THAT WAS ONE WAY YOU KNEW YOU COUILD GET ME TO BE THE ONE TO BEG YOU TO SIT WITH ME-WHEN ALL THE TIME YOU WANTED TO SIT WITH ME JUST AS MUCH AS I DID YOU. THAT WAS OUR GAME.

WE SHARED SO MANY LITTLE MOMENTS LIKE THAT. YOU LOVED TO GET A HOLD OF A PIECE OF CANDY AND AWAY YOU WOULD GO. IT WAS QUITE A JOB TO GET A TOOTSIE ROLL POP FROM YOUR MOUTH. IT WAS ALL IN FUN AND LOVE MY DARLING AND MAMAW KNOWS THAT SO WELL. WE WERE REAL BUDDIES AND YOU LOVED FOR MIDMORNING TO COME AND DKNOW WHEN MY CARE WOULD DRIVE UP. YOU EVEN KNEW THE SOUND OF MY KNOCK AT THE DOOR.

SOMETIMES WHEN I WOULD COME AFTER YOU I WOULDN’T HAVE THE RIGHT KEY AND YOU WOULD SCRATCH THE DOOR AND BARK AS TO TELL ME TO HURRY UP. TIME WAS AWAITING! YOU LOVED TO GET IN MY CAR AND START DOWN THE ROAD. I HAVE TOLD MOMIE HOW YOU WOULD GIVE A BIG SIGH AS WE ENTERED ONTO THE MAIN ROAD LIKE AS IF YOU KNW YOU HAD IT MADE.

WE WENT ON ALL KIND OF TRIPS. MY LEFT ARM WOULD GET RATHER TRIED WHEN I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR A WHILE BECAUSE YOU SAT RIGHT UP ON IT AND HAD TO LOOK OU THE WINDOW. IT’S A GOOD THING MY WINDOWS WERE UP BECAUSE YOUR FIERCE BARK WOULD HAVE SURELY MADE SOMEONE AFRAID.

YOU OFTEN STAYED FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITH MAMAW WHEN YOUR MOMIE AND DADDY WOULD GO TO NEW ORLEANS OR DALLAS. THEY DID THAT A LOT TO SEE FRIENDS.

ONCE MOMIE WENT TO L.A. CALIFORANIA AND YOU STAYED A LONG TIME WITH ME. THAT IS REALLY WHEN WE GOT TO LOVING EACH OTHER SO MUCH. WHEN MOMIE WOULD CALL TO SAY HI AND HOW WERE WE I WOULD PLACE THE SPEAKER PHONE AND YOU WOULD JUMP UP AND JUST BARK AND BARK AT HEER AS TO SAY…WHY DON’T YOU COME ON HOME OR STOP HIDING IN THAT PHONE!!

WE WERE SO CLOSE AND AS YOU GOT OLDER EVERYONE GOT TO KNOW YOU BECAUSE I TOOK YOU EVERYWHERE I WENT. ONCE I HAD TO TAKE MY MOTHER – (BIG MAMAW) TO SEE HERE SISTER IN A HOSPITAL ABOUT 4 HOURS AWAY FROM US. I WAS KEEPING YOU AGAIN SO YOU REALLY HAD A BIG TRIP TO GO ON. THIS TIME I HELD YOU ALL THE WAY THERE AND ALL THE WAY BACK IN YOUR FAVORITE POSITION ON MY ARM LOOKING OUTSIDE. WE HAD TO GO INTO THE EMERGENCY EXIT AND I HAD NO WHERE TO LEAVE YOU SO YOU GOT TO GO RIGHT ON IN THAT GREAT BIG HOSPITAL (WITH YOUR HEAD STICKING OUT OF MY PURSE). MY AUNT WAS HAPPY TO SEE YOU.

YOUR MOMIE LET YOU GO INSIDE TO VISIT BIG MAMAW IN THE HOSPITAL TOO. YOU WERE SO TINY THAT YOU EASILY FIT INTO A LARGE PURSE AND IF SOMEONE SAW YOU QUICKLY YOU WOULD WORK YOUR MAGIC ON THEM AND THEY WOULD PRETEND THEY SAW ONLY A LITTLE ANGEL.

THAT IS WHAT YOU WERE TOO MY BABY FOR I TRULY BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE A SPECIAL CREATURE THAT GOD GAVE TO THIS FAMILY FOR A GREAT PURPOSE. WITH YOU MOMIE UNCLE SCOTTY AND UNCLE JASON ALL BEING LEFT ALONE SO MUCH THEY ALL GREW UP RATHER SHY OF LOVE. YOU BROKE THAT SPELL SO EASILY WHERE YEARS NOT OTHERS COULD. WE ALL LEARNED TO LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND ALL KNEW YOU WERE SO VERY SPECIAL.

IT WAS AS IF YOU WERE TOO PERFECT AND YOUR LOVE TOO SPECIAL FOR A MERE HUMAN FAMILY. I SUPPOSE THAT IS WHY GOD CALLED YOU AWAY SO SUDDENDLY AND SO YOUNG. YOU GOT HERE AND DID YOUR JOB AND IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT PLACE A LITTLE ANGEL BOY WAS NEEDED YET ALWAYS KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE ALL LOVED YOU SO MUCH I AM CERTAIN YOU DID US TOO. BABY BOY I AM SO SORRY IF I SPOILED YOU TOO MUCH A WHEN I DIDN’T MAKE YOU MIND LIKE WHEN YOU STARTED TO JUMP OUT OF PEOPLE’S ARMS I DIDN’T WANT MOMIE TO SPANK YOU OR SPEAK HGARSH TO YOU.

I THINK I MAY HAVE CAUSED YOU TO FALL THAT NIGHT YOU JUMPED AND SHE DIDN’T CATCH YOU AND YOU FELL AND DIED AFTER JUST LEAVING MY HOUSE.

I AM SOOO SORRRY MY LOVE. I ONLY LOVED YOU SO MUCH AND FELT THAT ONLY LOVE AND SOFTNESS WERE WORTHY OF YOU.

FORGIVE ME MY PRECIOUS BABY BOY,
YOU ARE MY ENDLESS LOVE.

MAMAW

 

Lord Sebastian
Sharon Wells