Nov. 23 1986 —- March 3 1996
Golden Retriever
TIME WAS RUNNING OUT FOR MAX AND I
TO BE TOGETHER AND I KNEW IT.
THE ANTIBIOTICS ONLY WORK FOR A SHORT TIME
BUT THEY GAVE ME PRECIOUS TIME WITH MAX.
SO I THOUGHT IF I WAS MAX WHERE WOULD I LIKE TO GO?
TO A REALLY BIG PARK I SAID!
I PACKED WATER AND COOKIES FOR HIS JOURNEY.
WE WENT TO THIS VERY LOVELY PARK WITH A POND AND
I SHOWED HIM THE DUCKS THAT FLOATED BY.
FOR AN AGGRESSIVE GOLDEN HE WAS QUITE CALM THIS DAY.
NEXT WE WENT UP TO THE TENNIS COURTS.
THIS WAS THE BEST OF PLACED TO TAKE MAX.
PLAYERS FROM ALL OF THE AREAS STARTED THROWING THEIR
TENNIS BALLS OVER THE FENCE FOR MAX TO PLAY WITH
(WITHOUT ME ASKING-AS IF THEY KNEW)
I LET HIM LOOSE AND HE WENT CHASING THEM AND TRYING
TO PUT THEM IN HIS MOUTH.
MAX HAD ORAL CANCER-THIS WAS NOT AN EASY THING FOR
HIM TO DO BUT HE PUT TWO INTO HIS MOUTH.
I NEVER SAW HIM SO HAPPY BEFORE.
I COULD HAVE CRIED I WAS SO AMAZED.
NEXT WE VISITED THE CHILDREN IN THE SWING AREA AND
THEY CAME UP TO PET HIM- GOLDENS!!!
THEY ARE THE BEST.
NEEDLESS TO SAY HE HAD A GREAT TIME AND SO DID I !!
EVERY SO OFTEN I THINK OF THIS DAY WITH HIM
AND IT COMFORTS ME.
LILLIAN
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