by SHANNON RUIZ
YOUR FAVORITE CHAIR IS VACANT NOW, NO EAGER PURRS TO GREAT ME, NO SOFTLY PADDED PAWS TO RUN ECSTATICALLY TO MEET ME. NO COAXING RUBS, NO PLAINTIVE CRY WILL SAY IT'S TIME FOR FEEDING. I'VE PUT AWAY YOUR BOWL AND ALL THE THINGS YOU WON'T BE NEEDING. BUT I WILL MISS YOU LITTLE FRIEND FOR I COULD NEVER MEASURE, ALL THE HAPPINESS YOU BROUGHT TO ME, THE COMFORT AND THE PLEASURE. AND SINCE GOD PUT YOU HERE TO SHARE IN EARTHLY JOY AND SORROW, I KNOW THERE IS A PLACE FOR YOU IN HEAVEN'S BRIGHT TOMORROW.