by JANICE BRICKER
I REMEMBER WHEN
I REMEMBER WHEN I WOULD COME HOME TO YOU WAGGING YOUR TAIL
I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE ME YOU WOULD JUMP IN MY LAP
I REMEMBER WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE A 65 LB LAP DOG
I REMEMBER WHEN I WOULD GET SLOPPY WET KISSES
I REMEMBER WHEN WE WOULD JUST LAY THERE TOGETHER
ME HOLDING YOU IN MY ARMS, AND YOU JUST SNUGGLING CLOSER AS IF YOU WERENT CLOSE ENOGH ALREADY!
I REMEMBER WHEN I TAUGHT YOU HOW TO SWING ON A ROPE
I REMEMBER WHEN I TAUGHT YOU HOW TO PROTECT ME LITTLE DID I KNOW IT CAME NATURALLY
I ALSO REALLY REMEMBER THE BIG HOLE YOU PUT IN THE COUCH WHEN YOU THOUGHT I LEFT YOU.
I REMEMBER THE DOZEN OF JOY YOU GAVE ME
YOU FILLED MY LIFE WITH HAPPINESS, LOVE AND ESPECIALLY COMPANIONSHIP,
YOU WERE MY BEST FRIEND
YOU WERE MY PILLOW TO CRY ON WATCH TV ON YOU WERE THE BEST FRIEND I TOLD MY SECRETS TO BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WOULD TELL NO ONE
OUR LONG SUMMER DAYS OF YOU SWIMMING IN THE WATER, TILL YOU HAD NO MORE ENERGY TO HOLD YOUR EYES OPEN!
YOUR DIVING THAT MADE A SPLASH THAT SOUNDED LIKE 20 MEN DID CANON BALLS IN THE WATER
HOW YOU MADE ME CRY WHEN YOU BROUGHT ME YOUR FIRST PRESENT YOU CAUGHT LITTLE DID YOU KNOW I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU TO PUT IT DOWN! AND THEN IT HIT YOU I DID FEEL BAD, THEN I MADE YOU COHABITATE WITH THEM AND YOU ADJUSTED
THOSE WERE THE DAYS, AND ALL I HAVE NOW IS JUST REMEMBERING WHEN, THEY SAY THIS WOULD GET EASIER IN TIME BUT MY HEART FEELS LIKE IT JUST HAPPPENEND YESTERDAY, I KEEP TRYING TO REMEMBER WHEN TO SEE IF IT WILL GET EASIER BUT ALL I CAN REMEMBER NOW IS THE HOLE IN MY HEART WITH THE BIG OPEN SPACE OF WHERE ONLY I HAVE IS THE REMEMBER WHENS.
YOU WERE MY BEST FRIEND AND I MISS YOU DEARLY!
I LOVE YOU BOO BOO