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Our baby dog...
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--
