I didn’t think about you today …

I didn’t think about you today …

Till I didn't feel your warm fuzzy body next to mine when I first woke up and stretched in the bed.

I didn't think about you today ...

Till I went into the bathroom and you weren't there for morning pets and cuddles while I tinkled.

I didn't think about you today ...

Till I got out of the shower and sat on the bed to finish drying and you weren't there with your little paws on my shoulder licking the shower water out of my ears.

How do you mend a broken heart? (by Terri Onorato)

There is an ongoing trend with regard to people suffering the loss of a pet. It's nothing new nor will it come as a surprise to most because I believe [...]

Unfortunately I have no authorization of Terri Onorato to publish her texts on my blog (for a few years she no longer issued permits to anyone). But it’s possible to read the text here.

 

Leider habe ich keine Genehmigung von Terri Onorato, ihre Texte auf meinem Blog zu veröffentlichen (seit ein paar Jahren erteilt sie grundsätzlich keine Genehmigungen mehr). Es ist aber möglich, den Text hier zu lesen.

 

Isa of Mayflower

Wrongly-fitted harness

(© Lili Chin)

 

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Ich bedanke mich bei Lili Chin (http://www.doggiedrawings.net) für ihre freundliche Genehmigung, ihre Zeichnungen auf meinem Blog veröffentlichen zu dürfen.

I would like to thank Lili Chin (http://www.doggiedrawings.net) for her kind permission to publish her drawings on my blog.

Memories

Oh, little friend, do you recall,

When you made this house your home?

You were just a ball of fluff,

Not even halfway grown.

You stumbled when you learned to walk,

It was hard to steer four legs;

You learned to sit, and stay, and come,

And, of course, you learned to beg.

Dog loves his automatic ball launcher

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Please don't let my feet get burned

(© Lili Chin)

 

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Ich bedanke mich bei Lili Chin (http://www.doggiedrawings.net) für ihre freundliche Genehmigung, ihre Zeichnungen auf meinem Blog veröffentlichen zu dürfen.

I would like to thank Lili Chin (http://www.doggiedrawings.net) for her kind permission to publish her drawings on my blog.

Her journey’s just begun

Don't think of her/him as gone away - her journey's just begun ...

Life holds so many facets - this earth is only one.

Just think of her/him as restingfrom the sorrows and the tears

in a place of warmth and comfortwhere there are no days and years.

The judge

A judge's life

Is the life for me,

Picking the winners,

One, two, three.

 

Flying here and flying there,

I'll fly first class everywhere.

The best of food, the finest rooms,

Wealth and fame, overhead it looms.

 

I'll make new friends,

By the score

They'll all come running

When I'm on the floor.

Close your eyes now my longtime friend

Close your eyes now my longtime friend and let this time of suffering come to a peaceful end. We'll walk together soon, I'm sure, as winter turns to spring when snow gives way to budding leaves and birds begin to sing, the gentle breeze shall call your name along the water's edge. For what we shared and what you meant shall never be forgot. Your friendship spans the years behind your memory ahead. You'll always be there next to me companion and good friend.

(Author unknown)

(Source)

Time to say goodbye

You lay in my lap with your amber eyes looking up at me.

We both knew this day would come.

As I run my hands through your coat, you let out a low sigh.

Don't cry, don't ask why, it's time to say goodbye.

You've been my best friend, the one who has seen it all with me.

You've been there through the goo and the bad.

You were there to stand with me when I felt tall,

and there to comfort me when I felt small.

Don't cry, don't ask why, it's time to say goodbye.

A day at Rainbow Bridge (by Terri Onorato)

It's about time ma got to workin' on this page. Well, alright, so maybe I threw a few curves in the process but I finally had to sit on her keyboard and say,"just do it!!" [...]

Unfortunately I have no authorization of Terri Onorato to publish her texts on my blog (for a few years she no longer issued permits to anyone). But it’s possible to read the text here.

 

Leider habe ich keine Genehmigung von Terri Onorato, ihre Texte auf meinem Blog zu veröffentlichen (seit ein paar Jahren erteilt sie grundsätzlich keine Genehmigungen mehr). Es ist aber möglich, den Text hier zu lesen.

 

Isa of Mayflower

Space etiquette for dogs

(© Lili Chin)

 

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Ich bedanke mich bei Lili Chin (http://www.doggiedrawings.net) für ihre freundliche Genehmigung, ihre Zeichnungen auf meinem Blog veröffentlichen zu dürfen.

I would like to thank Lili Chin (http://www.doggiedrawings.net) for her kind permission to publish her drawings on my blog.

One final goodnight

One final goodnight - then released from the pain -

The anguish of spirit - the dreams dreamed in vain.

Though brief was your time here, you captured my heart

That vowed not to love you, but now breaks apart.

From you I've learned patience and courage and trust;

That loving brings pain, but love we all must.

From you I've learned strength of the spirit, and then

From you I've learned not to say "never again".

Fun in the sun

(© Lili Chin)

 

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Ich bedanke mich bei Lili Chin (http://www.doggiedrawings.net) für ihre freundliche Genehmigung, ihre Zeichnungen auf meinem Blog veröffentlichen zu dürfen.

I would like to thank Lili Chin (http://www.doggiedrawings.net) for her kind permission to publish her drawings on my blog.

The lonely on the Rainbow Bridge

But then, there are some at the Bridge who are different. These are the animals who were beaten, starved, tortured and unloved. They watch wistfully as their friends leave, one by one, to cross the Bridge with their special person. For them, there is nobody special ... no special one. Their time on Earth did not give them that.

Yet one day, as they run and play, they notice somebody standing by the road to the Bridge. This person watches with longing the reunion of friends, for during life, this person had no pet. This person was beaten, starved, tortured and unloved.