I JUST GOT THE NEWS YESTERDAY THAT MY DEAR
GERMAN SHEPHERD OF 9 YRS HAS BONE CANCER.
DUE TO FINANCIAL RESTRAINTS FURTHER TREATMENT IS NOT AN
OPTION AND ACCORDING TO MY VET WOULD PROBABLY BE FUTILE.
HE IS AT HOME WITH US UNTIL THE TIME COMES TO PUT HIM IN
THE HANDS OF GOD. WE ARE GOING TO DO SOME OF HIS FAVORITE
THINGS WITH HIM LIKE RIDING ON THE BACK OF OUR PICK-UP DOWN
THE QUIET DIRT ROADS AND SWIMMING IN THE NEARBY CREEK.
SINCE THE CANCER AFFECTS HIS FRONT LEG WALKING IS HARD
BUT HE’LL STICK HIS NOSE IN THE AIR AND SMELL THE GOOD LIFE
AND JOYS OF RIDING. I LOVE HIM SOO…SMOKEY WAS A VERY MUCH
WANTED PART OF OUR FAMILY. HIS MOTHER IS ALSO A VERY
IMPORTANT PART OF OUR FAMILY THEY ARE INSEPARABLE.
HOW WILL SHE HANDLE THIS. HOW WILL WE HANDLE THIS.
MANY OF OUR FRIENDS CAN’T UNDERSTAND MY FAMILY’S
ATTACHMENT TO OUR PETS.
THEY MAY HAVE AN ANIMAL BUT ITS NOT PART OF THEIR FAMILY.
ITS VERY HARD FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE FEEL.
AS I WRITE THIS MY BEST FRIEND LIES AT MY FEET BREATHING A
LITTLE HARDER BUT HANGING TIGHT. MY HUSBAND HAS LEFT HIS
TRUCK FOR ME SO WE CAN RIDE THREW THE HILLS.
I WILL BRING MY BEST FRIENDS MOTHER WITH US THEY LOVE TO RIDE.
ARE THERE ANY ARTICLE ON THE TIME BETWEEN DIAGNOSIS AND DEATH.
THE TIME WE SPEND BEFORE THE END IS A TOUGH ONE A LOT
OF TEARS HUGS AND DOG KISSES…
SMOKEY’S OTHER
MOM
IF IT SHOULD BE
IF IT SHOULD BE THAT I GROW WEAK
AND PAIN SHOULD KEEP ME FROM MY SLEEP
THEN YOU MUST DO WHAT MUST BE DONE
FOR THIS LAST BATTLE CANNOT BE WON.
YOU WILL BE SAD I UNDERSTAND
DON’T LET YOUR GRIEF THAN STAY YOUR HAND
FOR THIS DAY MORE THAN ALL THE REST
YOUR LOVE FOR ME MUST STAND THE TEST.
WE’VE HAD SO MANY HAPPY YEARS
WHAT IS TO COME CAN HOLD NO FEARS.
YOU’D NOT WANT ME TO SUFFER SO
THE TIME HAS COME PLEASE LET ME GO.
TAKE ME WHERE MY NEEDS THEY’LL TEND
AND PLEASE STAY WITH ME TILL THE END.
HOLD ME FIRM AND SPEAK TO ME
UNTIL MY EYES NO LONGER SEE.
I KNOW IN TIME THAT YOU WILL SEE
THE KINDNESS THAT YOU DID FOR ME.
ALTHOUGH MY TAIL ITS LAST HAS WAVED,
FROM PAIN AND SUFFERING I’VE BEEN SAVED.
PLEASE DO NO GRIEVE IT MUST BE YOU
WHO HAD THIS PAINFUL THING TO DO
WE’VE BEEN SO CLOSE WE TWO THESE YEARS.
DON’T LET YOUR HEART HOLD BACK IT’S TEARS.
-AUTHOR UNKNOWN
| Smokey |