by JACKIE BENDA-MEEKS
BAMBINO BUBBA BENDA WAS BORN APRIL 6, 1986, AND PASSED GENTLY ON DECEMBER 5, 2001. HE WAS MY LITTLE PARALYZED DOXIE, WHO NEVER LET HIS PARALYSIS GET HIM DOWN. FOR 5 YEARS I CLEANED UP HIS LITTLE POOPIES & PEEPEE'S, BUT NEVER ONCE DID I RESENT THIS. HE WAS MY BABY, AND HE HAD SO MUCH ATTITUDE, KNOWING HIM & TAKING CARE OF HIM, WAS A PRIVILEGE & AN HONOR. AFTER HE BECAME PARALYZED, HE STILL HUNTED HIS GRINNIES, DIGGING AWAY, & YOU KNOW, HE STILL CAUGHT THEM ONCE IN A WHILE. HE PASSED AWAY FROM KIDNEY FAILURE 23 DAYS BEFORE MY WEDDING. BINO WAS GOING TO BE OUR RING BEARER. I HOPE HE KNOWS THAT I MISS HIM AS MUCH TODAY AS I DID THE DAY HE LEFT MY ARMS TO GO HOME. I ONLY HOPE I CAN BE SUCH A BRAVE PERSON AS HE WAS.
I LOVE YOU BEANY-WIENIE.. YOUR MOMMY.