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ADOPT 09 CONTEST

ADOPT 09 CONTEST

OUR TIME IS SLIPPING AWAY

HOW DO I HOLD ON TO YOU
AND STILL LOVE YOU ENOUGH TO LET YOU GO?
HOW WILL I PUT OUT THE LIGHT
WHEN INSIDE MY HEART THE FIRES GROW?
HOW DO I TURN BACK THE TIME
AND TURN DEATH FROM THE DOOR?
HOW WILL I FILL MY EMPTY ARMS
WHEN I CAN'T HOLD YOU ANYMORE?

HOW WILL I JUST STEP BACK AND LET THINGS BE AS THEY MUST.
HOW CAN I SAY GOOD -BYE
WHEN I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH.
HOW WILL I STAY WARM AT NIGHT,
WHEN YOUR NOT CUDDLED BY MY SIDE?
HOW DO I PREPARE FOR THIS ?
LORD KNOWS HOW HARD I'VE TRIED.

HOW WILL I GIVE YOU BACK TO GOD
WHEN I FEEL THAT YOU ARE MINE.
HOW WILL I EVER ACCEPT THE FACT
WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

WRITTEN BY AUDREY W. (AKA MOMMA)
DEDICATED TO MY MOST BELOVED FRIEND IN THIS LIFETIME
MY DOG PUPPIE BUBBA WILMOT.
THIS POEM WAS STARTED ONE YR BEFORE I PASSED AND WAS FINISHED 1 WEEK AFTER MY JOURNEY TO THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.
THE WORDS FINALLY CAME FULL CIRCLE TO MOM.

ADOPTION MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME.IT MEANS A STREET RAT LIKE ME CAN FIND A WARM BED A FULL BOWL OF FOOD /WATER A GOOD DR A FIXED BROKEN LEG .FREEDOM FROM GIVING BIRTH ON THE STREETS TO MORE PUPPIES THAT WILL ONLY PARISH.

A FAMILY WHO LOVED ME ENOUGH TO HAVE ME SPAYED MY SHOTS. FIXED MY TEETH. BUT ALL THAT FALLS SECONDARY TO THE LOVE I FOUND WITH MY ADOPTED FAMILY OVER THE NEXT 19 YRS. THE LAST 5 YRS OF MY LIFE I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CONGETIVE HEART FALIURE AS TIME WENT ON MY HEART GREW SO WEAK.
I WAS PT ON 3 DIFFERANT MEDICATIONS
1.ANACARD
2.LASIX
3.DIGOXIN .
THESE MEDS WERE THE ONLY WAY I COULD LIVE.AND THEY WERE VERY EXPENSIVE. I HAD TO HAVE THEM 2 X DAY. BUT DID THAT STOP MY FAMILY? NEVER!
I SADLY NEW THAT THERE WERE TIMES,, MANY OF THEM WHERE THEY GAVE UP THEIR OWN MEDICATIONS THEY NEEDED OR FOOD TO MAKE SURE I HAD LIFE SAVING MEDACATIONS I NEEDED.

THEY NEVER WENT FAR FROM HOME BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN THEIR LIFE WAS SCEDULED AROUND MY NEEDS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT THERE ARE FEW OUT THERE WHO LOVE SO SELFLESSLY AS MOMMY & DADDY DID. THOSE WHO DO ARE ANGELS ON EARTH.
AND A LIL STREET RAT LIKE ME WELL I LIVED A LONG LOVING LIFE. AND WHEN THAT FAITHFUL DAY ROLLED IN UPON US I GOT TO SEE THE REAL LOVE.
THE TRUEST TEST OF ALL.
AFTER BREAKING MY BACK IN A LIL FALL OR TWIST DR SAID AT MY AGE IT COULD HAD BEEN A COUGH. BUT AFTER 7 DAYS OF ROUND THE CLOCK MORPHINE AND MOM DAD SLEEPING WITH ME ON THE FLOOR..
THE FINAL GIFT THEY GAVE ME WAS THE ULTIMATE GIFT FROM A BELOVED FAMILY.

AN HONOR SOME SAY... BESTOWED UPON A DOG/CAT OWNER .
THEY STAYED WITH ME AND HELD ME IN THEIR LOVING ARMS WITH TEARS STREAMING DOWN THEIR FACES AS I TOOK MY FINAL BREATH AND WITH MY LAST EXHALE I SET THEM FREE FROM MY VIEW.. FOREVER.

THAT RAINY APRIL DAY
APRIL 17 2003
MY JOURNEY ENDED .
NOT ON THE STREETS STARVING TO DEATH BUT IN MOMMY & DADDYS LOVING ARMS.
ADOPT A STREET RAT WE HAVE SO MUCH TO GIVE...

CELEBRATING EASTER IN MY HOME 6 YRS LATER

I celebrate Easter. a special way .

6 yrs ago i passed this earth on good friday..Iti was a terribly sad day.
mom was no longer able to hold me close .
this would be my first journey without her loving warm arms.
but here is where the miracle came in....

As you know..I was creamated and by the good lords grace somehow. I was deliveraded to the door step at 7:30 am Easter mourning 2003.

mom woke early to get coffee on.
There was a knock on the door and a deliverary driver said he had a urgent deliverary for us and to sign for it.
mom did..
mom & dad did not much feel like opening it .
mom dad were grieving horribly still and missing me so after all it had only been 2 days since my journey began.

But after coffee and breakfast they sat and looked at each other and decided they would see what was sent in the lil box.
Honestly they thought it was somthing from grandma .

Well when mom opned the box removed the special bubbles and peanuts sprinkled all around.
There was this gorgeous note that read .

Mom & Dad.
God said I could come home for Easter.
under the note was a Cedar chest with 2 keys.
mom shaking handed it to daddy.
He took the key turned the lil lock .and opened the box.

There was my Collar my Tags and
My Ashes in a sealed foil pouch.
A rose and a lil angel. a note from my sweet Dr Wishner saying how much he would miss me and how while treating me all those yrs he had grown to love me as his own. Lastly was a lil ceramic plate with my Paw Prints Embedded AND A SNIP OF MY HAIR WRAPPED IN A LIL VELVET POUCH.

YOU ASK HOW WE CELEBRATE EASTER.
WELL MOM DAD OPEN MY CEDAR BOX AND MOM LIGHT CANDLES THIS YR WILL BE 6 CANDLES

AND THEN WE CELEBRATE THE MEANING OF EASTER .THE BLESSING, THE REBIRTH OF ALL THAT IS HOLY AND GOOD.

HAPPY EASTER ALL. IT WILL BE ANOTHER HAPPY EASTER FOR US HERE AT OUR HOME...

LETTER FROM THE BRIDGE FROM PUPPIE

Oh momma looks.
Aren't they just the most beautiful wings you ever seen?
I fly so fast and everywhere with just a thought.
Mom I have been with you all day today mommy. When you were typing my story I was lying next to your chair. When you were decorating my page I was watching you. As you cried this morning I cried with you.
And as you open my special cedar box with my ashes in it I flew up into the air so you could inhale me. Never think that I’m gone I'M NOT.I AM in your thoughts your prayers you laughter your tears. every memory ever day that we walked together for over 19 yrs. how could I not be with you, I know that you feel me climb on the bed sometimes late when you’re sleeping. You are not dreaming I am there watching your every breath as you sleep. Lately I have been staying much closer to you’d know you have been very sick. And maybe, just maybe our days together are not so very far away. It is not for me to say. Thank you everyone for my wings. bambina I love ya lots .and tunner you were such a helper to mommy to, thank you for your selfless gift.
Well I must go home now momma.dont you cry.i'm always only a thought away oxoo puppie 2/22/07