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Memories of Tachi

Thoughts I send to my little girl: July 13th, 2011 Momma misses you little Tachi Ann. I think about you every day and know you are OK with Helen in heaven. I think about getting another little girl, but am still not ready. This is your house. Maybe someday I will get a little sister for you, but only when I know I won't have to worry about leaving her home too long on her own. I hope you are being a good little girl with Helen and when you see Grandma Peg, give her some kisses and tell her I miss her. I love and miss you my little Tachi girl. July 29th, 2009 It's been 2 years now without you little Tachi. I miss you baby girl. I look at your picture and just wish I could pick you up and hold you. I know you are alright with Helen there to take care of you until I get there. I love you little Tachi girl! August 8, 2008 Helen passed away on July 7th. My heart is once again broken into a million little pieces. I asked Helen to take Tachi over the Bridge and come back for me someday. She said she would. I also asked her to send me a yellow butterfly to let me know that her and Tachi were OK. I have seen the yellow butterfly 3 times; once on a walk July 8th, a second time in a parking lot flying towards and almost running into me, and the third time in that same parking lot flying slowly away from me. It gives me some peace to know that Tachi is with Helen. I miss them both more than I could have ever imagined. Not a day goes by when I don't think of them. (check out the photo album below for a great picture of them together) I love you Helen and I love you Tachi, always and forever. December 22nd: I miss you tons, little Tachi. I don't think I will ever run out of tears for you. Merry Christmas baby girl. August 22, 2007: I miss you so much Tachi...my heart aches and I want to know if you are OK. Send me another sign to let me know. I love you little Tachiann! Memories Tachi went everywhere with me from the time she was a puppy. When I used to play softball, I'd bring her to my games. A friend or parent would hold her behind the fence during the game. When I would come in from the outfield, there she'd be, wagging her tail, so excited to see me, and waiting for me to come pick her up. Tachi had her own little harness and seatbelt for when we would go in the car. You can see the harness in the new picture I posted above. She didn't like wearing it, but I felt tons better knowing that it would help keep her safe if I had to stop quickly. Thankfully, Tachi didn't have to spend a lot of time on her own. My neighbor and friend, Helen, took care of Tachi when I was gone at work(school) and when I was coaching. Helen would come to get her in the morning and keep her until I got home. Oftentimes, that would be pretty late, especially when I was coaching. If I wasn't home for some reason, Tachi was usually at Helen's. Tachi loved Helen and always went with me whenever we would go to visit her, at least once a day. Helen was Tachi's other momma and she misses her tons, too. When Helen was in the hospital this past spring and almost ready to come home, I smuggled Tachi in to see her. It was easy to do because Tachi weighed only about 4.5 pounds at the time. Huge thanks to Helen for all of the love she gave to Tachi and for taking such good care of my baby girl over the years... Tachi's other adopted parent, John, fell in love with Tachi not long after he met her. I always gave Tachi tons of kisses on her head and once told John that he could kiss her if he wanted to...he joked, "I'm not kissing no dog!" Once she wrapped her love around his heart, he would give her kisses, too. My sister, Mary, loved Tachi, too. If Mary would call and I wasn't home, she would leave a message for me that would include a hello to Tachi. She would tell Tachi to give me kisses for her. My friend, Ann, took care of Tachi for me last fall when I was at school and Helen was recovering from her surgery. She would come over in the morning to let Tachi out and stay with her for awhile. I really appreciated Ann's help and so did Tachi. Ann loves dogs and I think Tachi found her way into Ann's heart rather quickly. My brother's wife, Debbie, came over everyday this past spring to take care of Tachi around noon when I was at school, because Helen was unable to do it while she was undergoing chemotherapy. My days in the spring were long since I was coaching track and I didn't want Tachi alone for that long. Anyway, Debbie would always call and give me a report on Tachi-if she ate and how much. It was so nice to have someone I could count on taking good care of my baby when I couldn't be home. Tachi was a lucky little baby. My brother, Mike, would sometimes come over with Debbie. He thought she was pretty special, too. John took care of Tachi for me, too, during the track season when I wouldn't be home until late from a big meet. He'd also check on and stay with her when I had to be gone on a Saturday. If he brought food, he'd always bring something that Tachi liked and could eat so he could share with her. She especially liked Taco Bell's taco meat mixed on top of her food. She was just a LITTLE bit picky sometimes... She liked to share other food with John, like Chex cereal and milk. He'd pick out pieces of the cereal soaked with milk for her...it was pretty funny to hear her crunch on the cereal. She liked to have breakfast with John! Tachi could always tell when I was sad. I remember watching things on TV that were sad and whenever I would cry, even if she was upstairs and asleep, she would come down the stairs, jump up on the couch and lay down on me with her nose snuggled in by my neck. Tachi loved ice cream, especially Breyer's Natural Vanilla. She knew when I went to the kitchen in the evening that she would get some in her dish and then usually get to lick my bowl when I was done. Ice cream just won't be the same without her around looking at me with that sweet little face! I wrote this for my sweet little Tachi: My heart is aching I feel so all alone My heart has surely broken Since I sent my Tachi home She was my little baby girl since 1991 I loved her with all my heart Each and every day Now that she is away I don't know if I want to stay She awaits my arrival And someday I'll be there To give her an infinite number of kisses Atop her little head And hold her once again Always and forever Oh how I miss that little face Looking right at me Eyes so bright They'd melt my heart everytime, you see That's why I miss her More than words can say I love you little Tachi more with each passing day You be a good little girl in heaven Make your momma proud I will see you again I know Then together we will always be I love you baby girl... Thank you to John, Ann, Cindy, and Ivy who took care of Tachi for me when Helen was unable to this past year. And, thanks to Dawn and Connie for the times they helped me out when Tachi was little. Thanks to Meredith for all of the cute haircuts. And, thanks to Dr. Hartnett for taking such good care of my girl and for helping me with the decision to send my weak little one to the Rainbow Bridge. Thank you to all who write or will write messages in Tachi's guestbook. Your words have helped me to grieve and heal when I didn't think that healing would ever be possible.

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