My Dearest Gemma, Three years ago I stroked your silky ears for the last time. I looked into your eyes and saw the love there and held your paw and said goodbye. Three. Years. Each moment of that day is burned into my memories, and I have missed you every single day. Did I make the right choice? So many times people talk about their dog telling them it was time. Tootsie did that, and Otter. I know you never would have. You knew how much I needed you and loved you, and you were never willingly far from me from the moment I brought you home. I know you would have kept fighting to stay with me, so I chose to release you from your pain and sickness. I let you go because it seemed selfish to make you stay, but oh how much that decision hurt. I have relived those awful hours over and over again, and I know I made the choice I did out of my love for you. Oh how I miss you! You were a once-in-a-lifetime dog. You were The dog. You still are. I see glimpses of you in those you left behind. Dazzle and Dolce are both white faced and white footed now, as you were. Dolces sweetness and compassion remind me of you, as does Dazzles insistence on a time of love each morning as we begin our day. Onyx is still ball-obsessed, and her desire to retrieve is so like you. Ruby is always willing to try something new. Im grateful for these glimpses of you, but they arent you. No dog ever will be. All my life I heard time heals all wounds. I used to believe it was true. Now I know better. As time passes and the gap between now and when I last held you widens, I miss you more. I understand now that I always will. If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane. I would walk right up to Heaven and bring you back again. My heart still aches with sadness, and secret tears still flow. What it meant to love you - No one can ever know. Since youll never be forgotten, I pledge to you today~ A hollowed place within my heart is where youll always stay. I do remember so many happy times Gemma. Ill carry you in my heart forever. And I believe that someday Ill see you again, and after that we will never be parted. I love you Gemmy Lou. ~Your mama
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:40:25 +0000
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