My Dearest Nashoba,
For last 14 1/2 years, you gave me the best years of my life. You lived such an amazing life and touched so many hearts of those who loved you. I still remember the days when you jumped over the fence, chewed through the chain link fence, dug under the fence….just so you could be the natural Husky that you were so you could run, run, run. The Village Vets called you “The Hero” because you survived eating a stuffed monkey arm and needed 2 abdominal surgeries back to back (even fighting peritonitis).
I watched you in the hospital (thank you GVS) for 4 days. I was told that you probably would not make it…but I saw that sparkle in your eye as I visited you every day…and we walked out of the hospital together. I want to thank you for doing acupuncture and taking all the vitamins and pills every day….I know they tasted very good with the Kong peanut butter stuffing. I knew you would still be around for a few more years. I am so glad that I brought you to the beach at the end of April 2009 and finally was able to take you off the leash after all of these years. Even then, you fooled me and took off running down the beach.
Even right up until your last day on earth, you still had that predatory instinct and went for a possum late at night in May 2009. August 3rd will forever mark the passing of my dearest best friend. I miss you so much…but I had to do the right thing and let you go with your dignity. May peace be with you….You will always be forever in my heart and soul. I love you.
I stand by your bed at night,
I come to have a peep.
I can see that you are crying.
You find it hard to sleep.
I whine to you softly as you brush
away the tears,
“It’s me, I haven’t left you,
I’m well, I’m fine, I’m here.”
I am close to you at breakfast,
I watch you pour the coffee,
You are thinking of the many
times your hands reached down to pet me.
I am with you at work.
Your eyes are always sore.
I long to take that computer away,
I wish I could do more.
I am with you while you cuddle my bed;
you tend it with such care.
I want to re-assure you,
that I am laying there.
I walk with you towards the house,
as you fumble for your key.
I gently put my paw on you,
I smile and say “It’s me.”
You look so very tired,
and sink into the chair.
I try so hard to let you know,
that I am standing there.
It’s possible for me to be
so near you everyday.
To say to you with certainty,
“I never went away.”
You sit there very quietly,
then smile, I think you knew…
in the stillness of the evening,
I am very close to you.
The day is over…
I smile and watch you yawning
and say “Good-night, God bless,
I’ll see you in the morning.”
And when the time is right
for you to cross the brief divide,
I’ll rush across to greet you and
we’ll stand, side by side.
I have so many things to show you,
there is so much for you to see.
Be patient, live your journey out…
then come home to be with me.
May peace be with you....You will always be forever in my heart and soul. I love you.
| Nashoba |
| 3, Aug 2009 |
| Sherrie |