My Beloved Gordon Setter Soaphie Lilly:
You left me last week after 14 years together. I have no children,single, you were born to me in my late 30’s, you lived my 40’s with me, and now at 51 I find your passing unbearable.
We never spent a night apart, you lived under my office desk, it is empty now…… I tried everything to keep you alive longer, finally realizing your heart was giving up, and your big brown eyes looked at me the last day, telling me ” Mom, let me go now”…you were the beginning and end of my everyday.
My bed is empty now, your leash left hung in its same spot as though I dream you are coming back. You were my hiking partner, my companion, my fishing partner, how do I get into my Toyota 4 Runner without you on the console, how do I look at your little swimming pool where you were certain fish were in there…..I long for you running through the meadows we so often hiked, X-country skiid….how will I go on.
My prayer is you will greet me at the gates of Heaven, running through the meadows you so much loved, and into my arms to never be apart again. People do not understand my grieving you….I can’t garden without you laying there right now…I miss you Soaphie,the Canoe is empty, I love you with all my heart and soul, please come see me in a dream and just say ” Mom, I am ok”…I long to see you again, hear you breath ever so soft as you love me so unconditionally. My life will never be the same Soaphie Lilly.
Good by, only until I see you in Heaven.
I love you with all my heart and soul,
| Soaphia Lilly Henson |
| 21, Sep 2004 |
| Debbie Henson |