In Memory

My daughter and I took a trip to the new local shelter. Upon arriving as I was sitting in the truck a dog caught my eye out in the runs. I watched her and then went in and asked about her. Her name was Myrtle. Myrtle had been found on the highway and had a rope that was inbedded under her front leg (shoulder). Surgery had been done to remove the rope and she was healing nicely. I was then told that she had heartworms, to my dismay. I was a single mom and in no way could afford that kind of treatment. I was visibly upset as Myrtle just tugged at my heart strings like no other had. When the owner of the facility told me if I would give her a good home she would pay for the heartworm treatment. I promised to give her all the love she could ever need. Long story short, Myrtle was with me from 1996 until 2008 when she died at the age of 20 on July 28, 2008. She was (is) the love of my life, my best friend and my protector. She was a one person dog and she was all mine. I miss her everyday. What I do want to tell people is please do not be afraid to adopt an older animal, they have as much love to give as a puppy.

Lady...what a majestic name for such a ruffled up little thing. We found Lady as a throw away puppy inside of a trash bag. A malicious act of children, they abused her and threw her away. We found her, nursed her back to health and she faithfully served us for 10 years. Loyal. Kind. Her heart knew when I ached at the death of my father. She sat with me on my bed, not moving for days, not even to be fed. She sat there, her big brown eyes staring at me, letting me know that she loved me during this time of need in my life. Then...the day Lady left us. We were off grocery shopping, Lady was in the backyard playing...a horrible accident. She had become stuck on the fence, she couldn't get herself released. Our baby was suffocating and we had no idea. We found her a few hours later. Crying...crying...still crying for our baby girl who did so much for our family and yet left with nobody there with her. The guilt we feel is severe, yet we know there was nothing we could have done to change God's decisions that day. We buried her under the shade tree. Buried her as we shed our tears of love and feelings of longing to take the entire day back. If only...if only's are going to haunt us forever. If only we could have told her we loved her one last time. Lady knew we all loved her. Its us, not her, that needs the reassurance that she had a good life. We love you baby girl. We miss you so very much and we're so very sorry we weren't there to help you during your passing. Please forgive us. Love, Mom and Dad

STEVE, I LOVED YOU SO MUCH. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS TRUE THAT YOU ARE NOT HERE WITH ME! I COULD HAVE NEVER PREDICTED HOW MUCH I WOULD LOVE YOU. IT IS AMAZING HOW YOU TOUCHED MY LIFE WITHOUT EVEN SAYING A WORD! I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU SO MUCH! STEVE WAS A GREAT PITBULL! HE NEVER HURT ANOTHER PERSON OR ANIMAL! HE WAS MY BESTFRIEND AND WILL TRULY MISS HIM UNTIL I GET TO SEE HIM AGAIN! STEVE'S LIFE ENDED TRAGICALLY ON JUNE 1, 2007! FOREVER REMEMBERED AND I WILL CARRY ON OUR TRUE LOVE FOREVER, BUDDY!

It was November 17 2008 and i got home from school and i noticed that my loyal kitten Popper was gone. So i told my friends to help me find him so we put out fliers then i told them to go home about 2 hours into the search for Popper i went home broken. The next day he still was not there so i gave up and from this day he has not came home and i miss him dearly.

Dear Foxy,
You were the best dog EVER,
I remember when you made me laugh and you made your crazy smiles. You may be gone .... but you're never forgotten.

Bear was a little angel we got from a rescue shelter.
He lived a full life better than some people. He was one of a kind. Found on the side of a road.
He changed everyone’s life he met.
We miss you baby bear. I hope to see you soon.R.I.P little friend.
1993 to 2007

Oh, Domino. Someone abandoned you in my garage for me to find one Spring morning. I took you in and loved you bunches. Your life was short, but nowhere would you ever find the amount of love I had to give you. I miss you, Domino.

Leia was my beautiful Boston Terrier baby. She came into my life at 6 wks old. She left this world on Christmas Eve 2005. She was almost 9 years old. I made this picture of her as an angel. I will always miss my little girl. In loving memory 2-11-97 to 12-24-05. Mommy loves you pup!

We call him our ugly Smegol because he is a pure bread boston terrier with very rare markings. And all white face. With huge blue eyes. Unwanted by dog breeders because of his (uniqueness) no one wanted him, me included. He was going to be put to sleep. My 4 year old son grabbed on to him and said "Mom, he loves me, and his name is Smegol." My son loved Lord of the Rings at such a young age. Both movie and dog actually kinda looked similiar so I thought well ok, since my son attached himself to this puppy so quickly how could I break them up? Well, we had Smegol about a year and a half since age 7 weeks. While we were out of town, he was staying with family and got stuck under their fence and died. Oct. 11, 2006. Our hearts died along with him. He was our other child. We loved him so much. And everyday we think about him and he is forever missed. We miss you, our ugly puppy.

Hera, I remember how you won my heart over at the Berea Animal Shelter. How you purred for 3 days non-stop after we brought you home. How you loved ice cream, especially mint chocolate chip. You would sit beside me and swat at the spoon with your paw just so you could get a little to lick off. How you would sit behind me and tap my shoulder as if to say: “Excuse me.” How you would reach into a glass of milk as far as you needed to, get your paw all soaked with milk and lick it off. How you stalked lil’ Zeus when he was puppy, even had him cornered in the kitchen, cowering in fear! How you would sit beside me as I cooked, tapping me on the leg, hoping for just a little morsel to “fall” to the floor. How you liked to walk on a leash in the backyard and how you hated to come back in. Boy, did you get mad! How, if one of us had the audacity to step on you, there was a 24-hour retaliation period. However, with Zeus, you learned he had to be taught right away! When Zeus first discovered that the claws he once feared turned into “velvet mittens”. After that he tried to carry you around, which you didn’t care for at all. He figured it out eventually when he started hanging off of his upper lip by your teeth! How a slight feline (fe-lion) like yourself walked with such heavy-footed authority as you came down the stairs. How you made the dogs wait behind you as you drank from their water dish or ate from their food bowl. They knew better than to mess with the “Queen”! How the sound of an alarm clock caused you to stomp into the room, stand on my chest, and glare at me until I awoke. How Daddy could get you all riled up just by making beeping sounds. You would paw at his head, head-butt him, and sometimes nibble on him to get him to stop. How you ate corn right off of the cob! And you loved other people food too: steak, hamburger, pasta, and pizza to name a few. How you taught Aphie how to play. How much you didn’t really care for the “dipping the kitty” and “footsie, ootsie” that always accompanied meds time. How you waited for me to finally sit my butt down on Sunday mornings with the paper. You would run over, jump on my lap and make biscuits before lying down. (You got a little annoyed with the paper brushing your ear, but you never left.) How you would come in at night, lay on my chest and purr me to sleep with your special song. We love you very much and will always remember our sweet little Hera kitty.