by Darcie Brown
TO MY PARTNER & BEST FRIEND
YOU HAVE BEEN MY PARTNER AND MOST BELOVED COMPANION BUT MOST OF ALL YOU HAVE BEEN MY BEST FRIEND FOR ALMOST 10 YRS . I WAS ALSO LIKE YOUR CHILD TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON YOU FOR ALL MY NEEDS BUT I NEVER GREW UP AND MOVED AWAY AS CHILDREN DO. I JUST GREW TO LOVE AND NEED YOU MORE EACH DAY . I NEVER WENT HUNGRY BECAUSE YOU GAVE ME DINNER AND GAVE ME WATER EACH DAY. BUT MOST OF ALL YOU GAVE ME YOUR LOVE AND ATTENTION AND COMFORT WHEN I NEEDED IT MOST. YOU SEEMED DELIGHTED WHEN I LEARNED KNEW TRICKS BUT WHAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE REALIZED IS THAT I LOVED LEARNING FROM YOU BECAUSE I LIVED TO PLEASE YOU. I LIVED FOR THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND STROKING MY FUR
EVEN THOUGH I BARKED AT NOISES AND DROVE YOU CRAZY IT WAS JUST BECAUSE I WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT I WOULDNT LET ANYONE HURT YOU I WAS JUST PROTECTING YOU . I LOVED HEARING THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE I CHERISHED THAT THE MOST. YOUR MOODS BECAME MY MOODS. WHENEVER YOU WERE SAD I WOULD NUZZLE CLOSER TO COMFORT YOU
YOU LOVED ME AND BLESSED ME WITH MORE HAPPINESS THAN MOST DOGS WILL EVER KNOW
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I KNOW IT WAS A VERY HARD DECISION FOR YOU TO LET ME GO TO ANOTHER PLACE BUT YOU AND I BOTH REALIZED THAT I WAS OLD AND SICK , AND I WAS UNABLE TO RUN ANYMORE I WAS UNABLE TO ENJOY MY FOOD, NOW I AM IN A PLACE WHERE I AM ABLE TO RUN AND PLAY WITH ALL OTHER ANIMALS , BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I AM ABLE TO LOOK DOWN UPON YOU AND KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON YOU WHERE EVER YOU GO AND KEEP YOU OUT OF HARMS WAY AND WHEN YOUR FEELING DOWN AT NIGHT AND LYING IN BED I WILL BE RIGHT BESIDES YOU WITH MY HEAD LEANING ON YOUR BED . IF YOU SHOULD SHED A TEAR I WILL KISS IT AWAY. I HAVENT LEFT YOU, MY SOUL IS STILL THERE JUST MY BODY IS GONE. EVERY MORNING I AM SITTING BESIDES YOU AS YOUR DRINK YOUR COFFEE I AM WITH YOU AS YOU WALKED THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR , I AM WITH YOU WHEN YOUR AT WORK. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE NEVER ALONE ANYMORE .
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH ME TILL THE END, I FELT COMFORT KNOWING THAT YOU DIDNT LEAVE ME ALL ALONE. I WENT PEACEFULLY SLIPPING AWAY ALL MY EARTHLY BONDS I AM YOUNG AGAIN AND FREE.. DURING THE DAY I RUN IN THE FIELDS MY BODY HEALTHY AND STRONG AND AT NIGHT I SLEEP AT THE FOOT OF YOUR BED LULLED BY YOUR SOFT BREATHING .DO DONT MOURN MY PASSING JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND YOU WILL SEE IM ONCE AGAIN THAT YOUNG FRISKY DOG JUST AS YOU REMEMBER ME
LOVE ALWAYS HARRO
NOVEMBER 16, 1990 MAY 2, 2002