Nikie by Shawna&Madeline

TO OUR DEAREST NIKIE

WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE NIGHT WE SAW YOU WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO HAVE YOU. YOU WERE SO TINY WE COULD HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF OUR HANDS YOU WERE ONLY 51/2 WKS. OLD. THE NEXT DAY WE TOOK YOU HOME. WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER WHEN WE CAME HOME HOW EXCITED YOU WERE YOU WOULD BARK AND BOUNCE ALL AROUND THE ROOM. YOU WERE SUCH A TREASURE IN OUR LIVES. YOU BROUGHT US SO MUCH HAPPINESS EVEN ON THE DREARIEST DAY.

I REMEMBER WHEN YOU CAME DOWN WITH PARVO YOU WERE NOT VERY OLD THEN. THE VET DID NOT HAVE VERY GOOD ODDS FOR YOU BUT YOU MY LITTLE NIKIE PULLED RIGHT THROUGH. WE REMEMBER HOW BIG YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE WHEN YOU WERE REALLY SO LITTLE. YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD TAKE ON THE BIGGEST DOG EVER. WE WENT THROUGH ALOT OF THINGS DURING OUR TIME TOGETHER. REMEMBER WHEN SOMEONE KIDNAPPED YOU AND IT WASN’T UNTIL I GOT THE ANIMAL CONTROL INVOLVED THAT YOU MYSTERIOUSLY TURNED BACK UP. I REMEMBER HOW SCARED YOU WERE AND SHAKING UNCONTROLLABY. IT WASN’T LONG AFTER THAT THAT YOU STARTED TO BECOME ILL. I GOT THE CALL LATE IN THE EVENING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. YOU WERE STAYING AT OUR OLD HOUSE WHILE WE FINISHED OUR MOVE INTO THE NEW ONE. YOUR STOMACH HAD SWELLED AND THEY TOOK YOU TO THE VET THE DIAGNOSIS WAS NOT SO GOOD YOUR KIDNEYS WERE FAILING YOU. YOU WENT TO HEAVEN THAT NIGHT. YOUR MOM WAS IN CALIFORNIA AND I WAS IN ANOTHER TOWN TO FAR TO MAKE IT TO YOU. SADNESS OVER WHELMED ME BECAUSE I NOR YOUR MOMMY WERE THERE TO HOLD YOU IN YOUR LAST MOMENTS. IT WAS EVEN HARDER TO CALL YOUR MOMMY AND TELL HER. SHE CRIED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SHE DREAMS OF YOU OFTEN AND CRYS FOR YOU. WE THINK OF YOU ALL THE TIME NIKIE.

I AM SORRY WE WERE NOT THERE TO HOLD YOU AND COMFORT YOU. WE HAVE A NEW LITTLE GIRL IN OUR LIVES NOW HER NAME IS SADIE. I KNOW YOU WOULD LOVE TO PLAY WITH HER SHE LIKES TO PLAY WITH KITTENS JUST LIKE YOU DID. WE MISS YOU VERY MUCH AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS….UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN UNDER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.

Shawna & Madeline