I will remember the twinkle in your eye and the joyous tail wagging that was a constant soundtrack to our days.
Your willingness to give kisses: from my red, black and white bedroom where you soothed the tears of a high school girl who was devastated over some boy to the house in Morgantown where you welcomed me home from college and from LA and from Chicago, always with hearty licks and joy.
I will remember you running, ears flapping behind you as you wore circular paths into our back yard and chased right on my heels up 16 flights of stairs when I snuck you in my college dorm.
Riding shotgun in my car, face pressed to the window so as not to miss a thing. Cuddled behind my knees, my favorite way to sleep for so many years.
I will remember when it was just you and the parental units, and the joy you gave Mom especially. She never really suffered an empty nest, because she always had you.
You lunging at Jack and earning the nickname "Puppers the Beast," even though I know you would really never have hurt a fly.
I will remember how you stole Dad's heart and earned your place in our family and our hearts forever.
How you were there for so many life stages, how you've colored time all these years --- some of the most important years of my life. I will remember how it felt to hear you were gone, how it stopped time, just for a minute and stretched my brain to uncomfortable limits. How I couldn't grasp --- still can't--- that you're gone.
But most of all, I will remember the joy. I'll remember how we played and chased and snuggled and shared a million moments that nothing--- not even time --- can ever take from us. And I will remember the last time I hugged you, how you reacted to the ocean, how you defied the end just a little longer and trotted down the sand in search of your next adventure.
I hope you are finding the greatest adventure of all, and that you will look in on us from time to time. I know you will.
I love you, sweet girl. Big sloppy kisses and lots of cheese to you as you cross over the rainbow bridge. I will remember. Always and always.
Your willingness to give kisses: from my red, black and white bedroom where you soothed the tears of a high school girl who was devastated over some boy to the house in Morgantown where you welcomed me home from college and from LA and from Chicago, always with hearty licks and joy.
I will remember you running, ears flapping behind you as you wore circular paths into our back yard and chased right on my heels up 16 flights of stairs when I snuck you in my college dorm.
Riding shotgun in my car, face pressed to the window so as not to miss a thing. Cuddled behind my knees, my favorite way to sleep for so many years.
I will remember when it was just you and the parental units, and the joy you gave Mom especially. She never really suffered an empty nest, because she always had you.
You lunging at Jack and earning the nickname "Puppers the Beast," even though I know you would really never have hurt a fly.
I will remember how you stole Dad's heart and earned your place in our family and our hearts forever.
How you were there for so many life stages, how you've colored time all these years --- some of the most important years of my life. I will remember how it felt to hear you were gone, how it stopped time, just for a minute and stretched my brain to uncomfortable limits. How I couldn't grasp --- still can't--- that you're gone.
But most of all, I will remember the joy. I'll remember how we played and chased and snuggled and shared a million moments that nothing--- not even time --- can ever take from us. And I will remember the last time I hugged you, how you reacted to the ocean, how you defied the end just a little longer and trotted down the sand in search of your next adventure.
I hope you are finding the greatest adventure of all, and that you will look in on us from time to time. I know you will.
I love you, sweet girl. Big sloppy kisses and lots of cheese to you as you cross over the rainbow bridge. I will remember. Always and always.
What a sweetie. Thinking of you. It's so hard to lose a pet. :(
Posted by: agirlandaboy | January 23, 2012 at 07:59 PM
As I sit here on this snowy morning I decided it was time for me to read this post. I haven't had the heart to read it until today. As per usual, it is beautifully written and wonderfully uplifting to me.
I miss this precious Sydney more than I can say.
Not a day goes by that I don't think of her and the joy she brought to our lives. Thanks, my beauty , for giving her the tribute she deserves in words only you can express so beautifully.
Posted by: Lee Ann Brock | February 11, 2012 at 06:51 AM