" Sparkler "
July 4 1998 ---- Nov. 3 1998
Puppy
Born on the 4th of July one of 6. By the 1st week of August
you were one of 2. You wouldn't stay our of the road
so Susan brought you into the house to keep you safe
until Miss Brenda got home. I'd just lost Starr on the 5th of August
& didn't want you here. One little snuggle & you stole my heart.
Since you had fleas so bad from being outside I gave you a bath.
We didn't know it at the time but you had sarcoptic mange -
by the time we found out you had given it to me!
Well we itched & scratched together & before long you &
I were a pair. My little boy & I !!!! By now you were
an orphan - Mom was dead from the heat stress of this
summer & the mange Dad hit by a reckless driver speeding
down a dead end dirt road who couldn't stay on the road
& hit him in his own yard. Your other brother had disappeared too!!
We struggled with chewing on my furniture - seemed the older
& dearer it was to me the more you liked to chew on it; then it
was never being able to find my shoes in the same place I pulled
them off - or even in the same room together; Susan didn't
want you to set foot in her room because you couldn't
leave things alone. None of that mattered because you had me
so tightly wrapped around your little paws. No matter how
many times you defied the housebreaking rules -
you could cock that head to the side & look up at me with
those little brown eyes with your ears standing straight up
& I'd just get the cloth & clean it up. I named you Sparkler
because you were born on the 4th of July but you
could sure light up the room when you walked into it.
It hurts so much to know you are gone in such a stupid &
foolish way. If I'd just checked to see why the water in the
pool was moving but the breeze was so stiff I just thought it
was that causing it. You'd never messed around the pool
why today Sparkler? Do you know that Jeff was laying on the
deck with his head by the pool crying that mournful wail of his?
Why didn't you bark or make some noise to let me know you'd
fallen in? You know I always checked whenever you made noises
like you were in trouble or Jeff was getting to rough with you!
I didn't know dogs could cry real tears but Jeff was
outside just now while I dug your grave. He sat right by my side
& cried all the time I dug. Sparkler he even used his paws to
help clean out the bottom of the hole before I put you in it.
Right now he's laying beside the freshly turned mound &
every so often he will let out that same mournful wail that
brought me to the deck in the first place.
He misses his little 'brubber' so much - he had so much
more he wanted to teach you - so did I. I can't bring you back
but little buddy wait there at the Rainbow Bridge for me
because someday I'll meet you there!
Love Mommy
| Sparkler |
| Lambert |