by EVELYN GALARZA.........................................
MILO YOU WERE MY SOLE MATE MY BEST FRIEND EVER. I LOVED YOU FROM THE MINUTE OUR EYES MET AND I TOUCHED YOUR SOFT VELET EARS. YOU CONSUMED ME WITH YOUR KIND AND GENTLE LOVE AND NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING IN RETURN. I BECAME YOUR NURSE WHEN EPILEPSY TOOK OVER YOUR LIFE MAKING SURE YOU TOOK YOUR MEDS DAY & NIGHT. I KEPT YOUR LIFE STRESS FREE TO SOOTHE YOUR BRAIN AND FED YOU ALL YOUR FAVORITE THINGS. YOUR SEIZURES KEPT ME UP MOST NIGHTS BUT I KNEW MINDED A SINGLE MINUTE I WAS THERE WITH YOU AND THATS ALL THAT MATTERED. YOU NEVER REMEBERED A SINGLE SEIZURE BUT THEY REMAINDED WITH ME EVERY DAY. I FEARED I WOULD LOSE YOU EVERYTIME BUT YOU BEAT THE ODDS FOR 7 LONG YEARS. I THOUGH I FOUND THE MIRACLE DRUG AND YOU WERE SEIZURE FREE FOR 3 BEAUTIFUL MONTHS. WE HAD THE BEST TIME OF OUR LIVES TAKING LONG WALKS AND GETTING BRUSHED IN THE YARD, I THOUGHT WE BEAT THE ODDS. THEN IT STARTED THE SICKNESS GREW I WANTED JUST TO BE WITH YOU, YOU WERE MY LIFE YOU COULD'NT GO- NOT YET I NEEDED YOU SO. THE NEWS WAS GRIM YOUR BODY WAS FAILING I HAD TO FREE YOU FROM YOUR PAIN. I AM SORRY MY FRIEND I HOPE YOU KNOW I MISS YOU SO. NOT A MINUTE GOES BY THAT I HAVE A DRY EYE. YOUR ALL AROUND ME YOUR EVERYWHERE AN OLD BONY HERE AN OLD BONY THERE.I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO ON AND SAY GOOD-BYE TO MY TRUEST AND MOST LOYAL COMPANION.
TILL WE MEET AGAIN OLD FRIEND I WILL MISS YOU EVERYDAY OF MY LIFE. MOMMA