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3 Year Bridge Anniversary

Hard to believe it has been 3 years already....... Miss you tons Monkey Butt!!

Happy 15th Birthday Cherry!!

"Angel in the Sky"

By: Jennifer Adkins


There is a star in Heaven
and on it is a place,
that's been reserved for you since birth
a place meant for your name.

This star has watched you through the years
but it could not stand alone,
it rested high on angel wings
awaiting your trip home.

You slipped away, I held you close,
your soul flowed through my heart,
I felt your last breath through my tears
I felt your pain depart.

Tonight I looked up to the sky
and there for me to view
was one lone star shining bright
your name was shining too.

You were my angel on this earth,
you're my angel in the sky.
Wait for me, someday you'll see
our names shine side by side.

Happy Birthday Sweet Monkey Butt!!!

Love,

Mommy & Daddy

2 years ago!!

"Teach Me How To Breathe Again"

By: Lindsay Eckert, Copyright 2000

Constricting pain,
Blackness, Death.
Two years now to the day,
And I still haven't exhaled that breath.
The breath I took when I knew it would be the last time
The last time I ever smelled your fur.
I simply cannot let that go,
The last memory I have of you.
The last living part of you on earth.
To exhale would mean vanquishing a soul.
Sitting, blue in the face, eyes rolling back into my head, thinking
"Really? Two whole years?"
Two years is quite some time.
730 days
17,520 hours
1,051,200 minutes
SIXTY THREE MILLION, SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND MINUTES
3,784,320,000 seconds.
But compared to it all..
how long is that really?
Two years is a split second in the history of the forever,
Yet those two years are a long time when you cant breathe
When you want to die
When you want to cease existence.
But I will keep holding that breath,
If I let it go, we both die.
A person can forget a lot in those short simple two years.
The sound of your tags hitting the metal bowl,
How utterly amazing your ears felt every single time
The wet doggy smell that would remain
no matter how much shampoo we used
Two years it's a long time.


Dear Sweet Cherry,

It is almost hard to believe it has been 2 years since I last petted your fuzzy ears. I miss you every day!

Love,
Mommy