by Susan
Memories of SMOKIE JOE
FROM THE FIRST TIME SMOKIE AND I LOOKED INTO EACH OTHERS EYES IT WAS LOVE AT
FIRST SITE. WE WERE SOUL MATES WITH A BOND SO STRONG NOTHING COULD EVER BREAK
US APART. SMOKIE WAS A VERY UNIQUE LITTLE BOY, WITH WILD WAVEY GREY AND WHITE
FUR, BEAUTIFUL GREEN EYES, A ROMAN NOSE AND THE TIP OF HIS TAIL WAS BROKEN BUT
TO ME HE WAS THE MOST HANDSOME LITTLE BOY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.GOOD EVENING
MY PRECIOUS BABY BOY, ITS ALMOST CHRISTMAS BUT IT WONT BE THE SAME WITHOUT
YOU. WRAPPING PRESENTS ISN'T AS MUCH FUN SINCE YOU AREN'T HERE TO PLAY WITH THE
RIBBON AND SLIDE ACROSS THE WRAPPING PAPER WHILE I'M TRYING TO WRAP THE
PRESENTS.I WENT TO VISIT GRAMMY AND GRAMPY TODAY AND THEY SAID THAT YOU'VE
ADJUSTED VERY NICELY TO YOUR "NEW HOME". I FEEL BETTER KNOWING THAT GRAMMY'S
LOOKING AFTER YOU MY BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY. SINCE YOU'VE ENTERED RAINBOW BRIDGE,
YOU AND I HAVE MET SO MANY WONDERFUL NEW FRIENDS. ITS HELPED ALOT THESE PAST
FEW WEEKS KNOWING THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE .SMOKIE'S START IN LIFE WAS
VERY TRAUMATIC, HE AND HIS TWO BROTHERS WERE RESCUED FROM A BURNING FERRY
TERMINAL BY SOME KIND HEARTED FIREMEN. THEY SURVIVED BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEIR
MOMMY DIDN'T.SMOKIE AND HIS BROTHERS WERE QUITE FAMOUS, THEIR PICTURE AND
STORY MADE THE FRONT PAGE OF OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER AS THE LITTLEST SURVIVORS OF
THE FIRE AND THEY EVEN RODE ON A FIRE ENGINE.I CALLED TO MAKE A DONATION TO
THEIR VETINARY EXPENSES AND WHEN I WAS ASKED IF I WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT SMOKIE I
SAID YES INSTANTLY!SMOKIE AND I CAME TOGETHER AT A TIME WHEN WE BOTH NEEDED
SOME EXTRA LOVE AND ATTETNION. SMOKIE AND HIS SISTERS PRINCETON, PATCHES
O'MALLEY AND LUCKIE SULLIVAN ARE THE WHOLE WORLD TO ME. THEY'RE EXTREMELY
SPOILED, ALWAYS DEMANDING ATTENTION AND TREATIES. SMOKIE'S "GRAMMY" WOULD
ALWAYS SAY THAT I WAS SMOKIE'S WHOLE WORLD. SMOKIE AND I WERE SO ATTACHED TO
EACH OTHER THAT IF SOMEONE TRIED TO COME CLOSE TO ME WHEN I WAS HOLDING HIM,
HE WOULD START WHINNING.I USED TO SING TO SMOKIE AND WE WOULD DANCE AROUND
THE LIVING ROOM, AND EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE THE GREATEST SINGING VOICE
SMOKIE WOULD SMILE AND PURR WHEN I WOULD SING. SMOKIE DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN
I WOULD SING?"BIGALOW BOY WONT YOU COME OUT TONITE AND PURR BY THE LITE OF
THE MOON?"EVRYBODY WHO MET SMOKIE LOVED HIM INSTANTLY, HE HAD THE SWEETEST
PERSONALITY AND HE COULD WARM THE COLDEST OF HEARTS.I MISS THE WAY YOU WOULD
SIT IN FRONT OF THE ALARM CLOCK SO I COULDN'T HIT THE SNOOZE BAR AND GO BACK TO
SLEEP. I ALSO MISS THE WAY YOU WOULD LICK MY EYELIDS WITH YOUR SAND PAPER
TONGUE TO WAKE ME UP IN THE MORNING AND OUR MORNING KISSES AND NITE TIME
CUDDLES.SMOKIE, MY HEART IS BROKEN IN A MILLION PIECES I MISS AND LOVE YOU SO
VERY MUCH. YOUR SISTERS, "STEP DADDY SMILOW" "BIG BROTHER" JOSH, "GRANDMA EV"
AND ALL YOUR ADOPTED AUNTS, UNCLES AND FURRY COUSINS ARE ALL VERY SAD TOO. YOU
WERE SUCH A VERY SPECIAL LITTLE BOY WHO WAS LOVED BY SO MANY.I KNEW I DID THE
RIGHT THING BY ENDING YOUR PAIN, IT WAS THE HARDEST THING I EVER HAD TO DO. I
ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD MORE THAN THE 12 WONDERFUL YEARS WE
HAD TOGETHER.YOUR ARE AND ALWAYS WILL BE MOMMY'S "LITTLE BIGGY BOY" AND
NOBODY WILL EVER TAKE YOUR PLACE.LOVE AND CATNIP,MOMMY, "STEP DADDY SMILOW"
AND YOUR THREE SISTERS.P.S. THE "FULLER COURT FURBALLS" AREN'T THE SAME WITHOUT
YOU!GOOD EVENING MY PRECIOUS BABY BOY,I WENT TO VIST GRAMMY AND GRAMPY TODAY
AND THEY TOLD ME THAT YOU'RE ADJUSTING NICELY TO YOUR "NEW HOME". SMOKIE ITS
BEEN MORE THAN TWO WEEKS SINCE YOU LEFT, BUT IT FEELS SO MUCH LONGER THAN
THAT. I MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH MY SPECIAL BOY.CHRISTMAS IS COMING BUT IT DOESN'T
FEEL THE SAME. WRAPPING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ISN'T AS MUCH FUN AS WHEN YOU
WOULD TRY TO STEAL THE RIBBONS AND SLIDE ACROSS THE WRAPPING PAPER.YOUR
"SISTERS" MISS YOU VERY MUCH AND SO DOES STEP DADDY SMILOW. LUCKIE IS SO SAD
WITHOUT HER "BIG BROTHER". PRINCETON HAS TAKEN OVER GUARDING THE ALARM CLOCK
AND SHE REFUSES TO LET ME HIT THE SNOOZE BAR SO THAT I CAN'T SLEEP FOR A FEW
EXTRA MINUTES IN THE MORNING.YOUR "SISTERS" ARE SITTING WITH ME WHILE I
WRITE TO YOU. THE HOUSE HASN'T BEEN THE SAME SINCE YOU WENT TO RAINBOW
BRIDGE. I'M GLAD YOUR HAPPY WITH ALL YOUR NEW FRIENDS, EVERYBODY HAS BEEN SO
WONDERFUL HELPING ME GET THROUGH THE FIRST FEW HEART BREAKING DAYS SINCE YOU
WENT AWAY. I LOOK UP AT THE STARS AT NITE LOOKING FOR YOUR MY SPECIAL ANGEL
BABY BOY. THERE ARE NITES WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO ME
SHARING THE PILLOWS WHILE WE SLEEP. SMOKIE YOU'RE IN MY HEART AND IN MY
THOUGHTS 24 HOURS A DAY.I MISS YOU SO MUCH. GIVE GRAMMY AND GRAMPY A BIG HUG
FROM ME, AND TELL ALL YOUR "COUSINS" THAT I LOVE THEM VERY MUCH TOO! I'M GLAD
THAT YOU'VE FINALLY MET YOUR GRAMPY AND I'M SURE THAT GRAMMY ENJOYED
CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY WITH HER "GRANDSON".SWEET DREAMS LITTLE BIGGY.HUGS
AND KISSES FROM MOMMY, STEP DADDY SMILOW AND YOUR SISTERS PRINCETON, PATCHES
AND LUCKIE.HI MOMMY'S BOY!I'M MISSING YOU MORE THAN EVER THESE DAYS, I WISH
THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE APART. THERE ARE TIMES I THINK I SEE YOU IN ONE OF YOUR
FAVORTIE PLACES PURRING THE DAY AWAY. I KNOW THAT YOU NEVER TRULY LEFT US, AND
THAT YOUR SPIRIT IS WITH US ALL THE TIME. "STEP DADDY SMILOW" REALLY LOVED THE
HANNAKUH/CHRISTMAS PRESENT YOU AND YOUR SISTERS GAVE HIM. I ORDERED HIS
PRESENT TWO DAYS BEFORE YOU WENT TO RAINBOW BRIDGE, I THINK THAT'S WHY HE
LIKES IT SO MUCH SINCE YOU HELPED MOMMY PICK IT OUT. YOU WERE SITTING ON MY LAP
WHILE WE LOOKED THROUGH THE CATALOG, AND EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE SO SICK YOU
STILL MANAGED TO PURR AND SMILE. SMOKIE YOU ARE MY LITTLE MIRACLE BOY, EVEN
AFTER ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN YOUR LITTLE LIFE YOU WERE ALWAYS THE
SWEETEST MOST LOVING LITTLE BOY IN THE WHOLE WORLD! YOUR SISTERS ARE DOING
GREAT, ESPECIALLY PRINCETON. I THINK YOU AND PRINCETON MUST HAVE TALKED BEFORE
YOU WENT TO RAINBOW BRIDGE, I BET YOU TOLD HER TO FEEL BETTER AND TO LOOK AFTER
ME. YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW SHE TOOK YOUR ADVISE. YOU'RE MISSING A LOT OF
GOODIES THESE DAYS, YOUR SISTERS HAVE BEEN HAVING DELI TREATS, ALONG WITH
MOMMY'S COOKING WHICH HAS IMPROVED QUITE A BIT. PRINCETON IS LOUDER THAN
EVER, ALWAYS DEMANDING ATTENTION AND TREATS. I'VE BEEN GIVING HER ALOT OF
EXTRA HUGS AND KISSES HOPING THAT MAYBE SHE'S SENT SOME YOUR WAY SINCE YOU
TWO WERE SO CLOSE BEFORE YOU LEFT US. BABY BOY I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER
COMPLETELY HEAL UNTIL WE'RE REUNITED AGAIN SOME DAY. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
BIGALOW BOY. SOMETIMES I SING THAT SONG AS I'M LOOKING AT PICTURES OF YOUR
HANDSOME FACE, AND AS I'M SINGING I ALMOST FEEL YOU IN MY ARMS AND WE'RE
DANCING AROUND THE LIVING ROOM THE WAY WE USED TO. CAN YOU SEE US FROM YOUR
CATNIP CLOUD? IF YOU CAN YOU MUST KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE SEEM HAPPY, WE ALL
MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH AND WE WISH THAT WE COULD ALL BE TOGETHER AGAIN THE
WAY IT USED TO BE. PLEASE GIVE GRAMMY AND GRAMPY A HUG AND KISS FROM ME AND
LET THEM KNOW I LOVE AND MISS THEM VERY MUCH TOO. PLEASENT DREAMS BIGALOW
BOY, SOMEDAY WE'LL DANCE TO THAT SONG AGAIN. YOU'LL FOREVER BE MY BABY BOY. LOVE
MOMMYGOOD EVENING MY LITTLE CHRISTMAS ANGEL BABY TOMORROW IS CHRISTMAS
EVE BUT I'VE LOST MY CHRISTMAS SPIRIT SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE. "STEP DADDY
SMILOW" ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE ONLY THING I WANT IS
TO FIND YOU WAITING FOR ME UNDER NEATH THE CHRISTMAS TREE. IT WILL BE A MONTH
SINCE YOU LEFT ME ON THE 26TH OF DECEMBER, I MISS YOU SO MUCH MY BABY BOY. THERE
ARE SO MANY TIMES WHEN I THINK I SEE YOU IN ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE PLACES AROUND
THE HOUSE. OUT OF ALL THREE OF YOUR "SISTERS" LUCKIE IS THE ONE WHO STILL SEEMS
SAD AND LONELY WITHOUT YOU. I PLAY WITH HER ALL THE TIME, AND SHE ENJOYS THAT
BUT I KNOW SHE WOULD BE HAPPIER IF SHE WAS PLAYING WITH YOU INSTEAD. PRINCETON
AND PATCHES DON'T HAVE THE PATIENCE TO PLAY WITH HER. I KNOW YOU'LL ENJOY YOUR
FIRST CHRISTMAS AT RAINBOW BRIDGE WITH ALL YOUR NEW FRIENDS AND GRAMMY AND
GRAMPY TOO. I FOUND YOUR 1ST CHRISTMAS PICTURE WITH SANTA PAWS, YOU WERE SO
LITTLE WHEN THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN. I'M GOING TO TRY TO ENJOY CHRISTMAS BUT IT
WONT BE EASY MY SWEET BABY BOY. MOMMY IS SENDING YOU LOTS OF LOVE AND CATNIP
KISSES. GOOD NITE MY LITTLE BIGGY BOY. LOVE FOREVER AND ALWAYS. MOMMY
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