This was me Two Years Ago...

I am so thankful for my loving furefur home.
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I know I don't look like much.
My ears aren't the longest -
But I can hear everything you say.
My coat isn't very shiny, either -
But I love to be brushed.

I am not a perfect dog, I guess.
Sometimes I make mistakes in the house,
Mostly when I get scared.
And I get really frightened when my foster mom goes away.
I know what it's like to be abandoned forever.
What if she never, never comes back?

I get awfully possessive about my food sometimes.
I know what it's like not to have any.
And big people with loud hard voices scare me
When they try to clip my nails.
I've been hurt bad.
And sometimes kids run and scream,
One of them hit me once. And one kicked me.

I feel better than I used to,
But I still get kind of sick sometimes.
I don't know what's wrong,
But sometimes I just like to lie down in the sun and sleep.

I like my foster mother very well.
She's a really nice person.
And I have been here a long time now.
She likes me too.
But I wish I had someone to really, really love me.

Some very nice people came to look at me one time.
They petted me and took me for a walk!
I was so sure.
But they went away.
They said I was too old.
I wonder what that means.

Does that mean I won't ever get my own home?

by Diane Morgan

My Dutchess is a Guardian Angel....

This is the story of what she did this morning.....

This morning Mama Sam was on her way to work and she got caught behind a train and had to sit and wait for it to pass..... it happens now and then when she take this route.

So she is sitting there waiting and she noticed movement out of the corner of her eye and she takes a good look and it is a little red doxie..... very near the road and the railroad track..... she looks again and there is also a little black doxie up just a bit further and more toward the house that sits there.

She thought....oh my goodness.... these babies are going to get run over if they stay out here, so she turned on the turn signal and pulled slowly into their driveway..... and as Mama Sam got out of the car the little black girl ran to her and licked her hand.... the little red boy came running in defense of his home and just woofed his little head off. So cute.

She (Mama Sam) walked up to the door and by then she and the pups were all furiends..... rang the doorbell..... and after a minute or two a lady came to the door looking as if you say.... who are you and what do you want. She didn't say that of course, because Mama Sam immediately spoke and told her that her babies were almost in the road so she wanted to let her know. The lady opened the door and the pups ran inside immediately and the little girl turned toward Mama Sam as if to invite her to follow.

The lady thanked Mama Sam and she turned and walked back to her car knowing in her heart that she had probably saved the life of one or both of these pups today. It made her feel good inside.... and she just looked up and thanked Dutchess for showing them to sher so she could get them to safety. She had a tear as she drove away, knowing that it was Dutchess that placed her there at that very moment. Thank you my Angel Wife.

The Light in my Life is gone.....

My heart is shattered so I am sending the pieces to Rainbow Bridge to be mended by my Angel who had to go there. She was so very sick and it was time for her to find relief......our home feels so empty without her, but efurry place I look, I see her. We made so many beautiful memories and that was her desire.

When I married Dutchess, I knew she was gravely ill and that our time would probably not be very long, but we packed a lifetime of memories into the time we were together. She even told me I should not marry her because she didn't think her illness would give her much time, but I would not trade the sadness for the time I had with her.

I know she looks down from the bridge and sees my sadness and it makes her sad too, so I am trying to get past that and only remember the wonderful lady and the good times we enjoyed together.

I will always love you my Angel and I will never forget you. Hold the gate for me..... I'll be there one day and back in your paws again.

All my love to you my Angel ~ Big Ben

Love, Me by Collin Raye

Dedicated to Dutchess (grandma) ~ I Love you Very Much my Angel.

I read a note my grandma wrote back in nineteen twenty-three.
Grandpa kept it in his coat, and he showed it once to me. he said,
"boy, you might not understand, but a long, long time ago,
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none, but i loved your grandma so."

We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together.
Get married in the first town we came to, and live forever.
But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet, instead
Of her, i found this letter, and this is what it said:

If you get there before i do, don't give up on me.
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
I don't know how long i'll be.
But i'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
And between now and then, till i see you again,
I'll be loving you. love, me.

I read those words just hours before my grandma passed away,
In the doorway of a church where me and grandpa stopped to pray.
I know i'd never seen him cry in all my fifteen years;
But as he said these words to her, his eyes filled up with tears.

If you get there before i do, don't give up on me.
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
I don't know how long i'll be.
But i'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
And between now and then, till i see you again,
I'll be loving you. love, me.
Between now and then, till i see you again,
I'll be loving you. love, me.

Wow!!! What a Holiday Season...

Sometime you just have to listen to your heart. This Holiday Season was the most amazing of any I have efur had. You see I am kind of an old duffer and I thought I was in love with a sweet young thang. Well turned out she was a mawried pup and my heart was broken until I met my true love Dutchess. From the first pmail, there was something special about her. She wanted to be my furiend and help me get over the shock of finding out the lady I was engaged to was mawried. Somehow I knew it was going to turn out to be a lot more than furiendship.

I told her that I wanted to make some memories with her and so I planned our first date on New Years Eve. We had the most furbulous time of our lives. We went on a Sleigh Ride ( first for my Dutchess) we stopped in the meadow and made snow angels (a first for both of us). Then we had decided to build a snowman, but had a snowball fight instead. We finally got around to building the snowman (another first for us both). Then we took home a huge bucket of unspoiled snow and made Snow Ice Cream. My sweet Dutchess had never hear of doing that.

Well having said all that, I simply could not contain myself any more and I told her how deeply I felt for her. We are going to the Sweetheart Ball together and we plan to make lots of happy memories together.

Boy am I lucky! She rescued me when it was my darkest day! What a pawsome lady she is!!! You guys probably already knew that.

Starry Eyed ~ Benny

Christmas ~ Wow!

I think I am going to like the way my new humans celebrate Christmas. I got all kinds of new goodies. There was a Stocking with MY picture on it just for me. It was filled with treats and toys, a jacket, a soft blanket and a beautiful scarf with lights in it. I got a new bed too. It is all soft with a nice fluffy pillow for me to snuggle up in. I got a nice container to keep my food in too. I am a happy pup.

Wags and Wiggles,
Benny

Thanksgiving 2006

Hi this is Benny and I have a lot to be thankful for today. My life has been pretty hectic for a while but now I think I have a new forever home with humans that really love me.

I got lost a while back. Not too sure if my human caused it or if I did, but I couldn't get home and had to live on my own. Then someone took me to this place called a shelter. I didn't like it there too much but at least they gave me a blanket so I didn't have to sleep on the cold floor and they gave me food so I didn't have to find my own.

Then this nice lady named Tina took me to a pretty house with her where I met four dogs that told the house was theirs and I was only allowed to stay for a while. I didn't know what that meant, but they treated me pretty good so I didn't complain.

Then yesterday, two lady humans came to visit and made a big fuss over me and told Tina that they were going to the shelter and get the papers all done so I could go and live with them. I was kind of scared when Tina drove me to the shelter, but the two nice ladies were there waiting for me. The lady from the shelter poked me with a BIG sharp thing and gave me to the ladies that came to see me. I didn't have to stay at the shelter. Boy was I glad about that. That sharp thing hurt and I wanted to run, but I got to go for a ride in their car and then they took me for a walk.

I have a new place to live and I think they like me. I sure like them and I hope I get to stay here. They keep telling me not to worry anymore that I won't have to be on my own ever again. Boy I hope they are right. They said that sharp poke left a chip that would tell people who I belong to now, so if I get lost, I can get back home. I hope that doesn't happen, but ..... I did it before. This time I will be careful not to get lost!! Sigh... wag, wag.