Pharo

It’s been almost 3 years now since you left me and even

though the time has made the pain easier to bear I will never forget you.

I still have a picture of you on the wall by my bed and your ashes with

a picture in a glass heart shaped frame are on my nightstand.

I’ll never forget all the joy you gave me.

I had you for only a short year when I rescued you after your

first owner had died. You were a funny looking Pekingese with

what we jokingly called “a face only a mother could love”.

You were with me through what would have been some of my

loneliest days except I knew that when I came home you would

be waiting for me excitedly by the door.

I remember the couple of times that you wandered out of the

apartment complex with me frantically calling your name –

and I found you standing in a flower bed looking up at me

and wagging your tail as if nothing was out of the ordinary.

You traveled across the country with me you were my best friend;

if you could have talked you could have gotten me in so much trouble!!

You even liked it when we got stuck in the Blizzard of 1996

even though the snow was higher than you.

And I will also remember how you walked up to the fence of a neighboring

yard where a chocolate lab was standing and barking as if you

were 10 feet tall – and the lab running in the opposite direction!!

And then you were there when I got married and became

pregnant with my daughter Taylor. As my pregnancy progressed

you slowly became less and less active until finally,

you were not eating and you were crying out in pain.

And so my last gift to you was that of peace as I held you in my arms

for the last time and you silently closed your eyes.

It was as if you were sent to me by God just because I needed you so,

and then when you knew I was going to be okay and starting a

new part of my life you felt it was okay to finally let go.

I thought my heart would break and there will never be anyone like you.

I miss you terribly my “Snausages Puppy” my Pharo and

I will never forget you.

Someday we’ll be together again.

I love you.

 

Pharo