IN MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED DOG, “NORTON”
DEC 26, 1998 – OCTOBER 14, 2006
HOW DO I GO ON WITHOUT MY BOY,
FOR EIGHT YEARS YOU GAVE US SO MUCH JOY.
I’VE SHED MANY TEARS, HAD SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.
I KNOW YOU TRIED WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT
TO STAY WITH ME, YOU PUT IN MY HEART A SONG,
I WISH YOU WERE HERE, WHERE YOU BELONG.
MY HOUSE IS EMPTY, YOUR TOYS AND
BELONGINGS ALL PACKED AWAY,
I GRIEVE FOR YOU ALL NIGHT AND ALL DAY.
WITH YOUR HEALTH, I TRIED MY BEST
NOW I KNOW THAT YOU ARE AT REST.
I WISH YOU WOULD GIVE ME A SIGN
THAT YOU WERE IN HEAVEN AND PEACE
I COULD FIND.
YOU TOUCHED SO MANY HEARTS AND
GAVE MUCH PLEASURE,
YOU WERE TRULY A BLESSING,
MY CHERISHED LITTLE TREASURE.
I MISS YOUR ANTICS,
YOUR FUNNY LITTLE WAYS,
YOUR LOVE AND TENDERNESS
AND YOUR SPECIAL PLAYS.
YOU LOVED TO BE CUDDLED AND HELD SO NEAR,
YOU WERE SO SWEET AND SUCH A DEAR.
I HOPE YOU KNOW MY DECISION WAS HARD TO MAKE,
BUT TO END YOUR SUFFERING, I DID FOR YOUR SAKE.
YOU KNEW HOW TO LOVE AND JUST HOW TO ENTERTAIN,
WITH YOUR ABSENCE, MY LOSS NOW I FEEL YOUR PAIN.
AS YOU QUICKLY SLIPPED AWAY,
ON YOUR PRECIOUS FACE WAS RELIEF,
YOUR EYES TOLD ME YOU WANTED PEACE, IS MY BELIEF.
WHEN YOU MOVED IN, OUR HOUSE BECAME A HOME,
AND NOW THAT YOU’RE GONE I FEEL SO ALONE.
WITHOUT YOU, NORTON, MY LIFE WILL CHANGE
IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
I LOVE YOU AND WILL MISS CALLING YOUR NAME.
THE MEMORIES THAT I HAVE WILL REMAIN
FOREVER IN MY HEART,
I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE YOU RIGHT
FROM THE START.
YOU STILL MANAGE TO BRING A SMILE TO MY MIND,
WHEN I THINK OF YOU, HAPPINESS I HOPE I’LL FIND.
I HOPE IN HEAVEN, YOU’RE FINDING LOVE AND
YOUR FAVOURITE TREATS,
AND SOMEDAY I HOPE YOU AND I WILL AGAIN MEET.
FOR ALL ETERNITY, I WANT TO SPEND IT WITH YOU,
AND THEN I WON’T FEEL SO SAD AND BLUE.
YOUR WERE SO LOVING AND SO VERY MUCH ADORED,I ONLY WISH YOU WERE HERE SO I COULD LOVE YOU SOME MORE.
I WILL CHERISH YOUR LIFE, YOUR DEATH
I WILL TRY NOT TO DWELL,
TO MY FRIEND, MY LOVE I BID YOU FARWELL.