"She is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are her life, her love, her leader. She will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of her heart. You owe it to her to be worthy of such devotion".
~ Unknown
"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."
~ A.A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh)
How can you say goodbye to your best friend ...one of your family...one of your children?
There are no words that can adequately describe the feelings of loss or diminish the pain you feel.
When you lose a loved companion, you lose a piece of yourself. That world is over and now you have to move to the next version of the world.
Dear Molly,
We love you so much. There has never been nor will there ever be, another like you.
You have been such a loyal, reliable and effervescent part of our family. God has blessed us with your presence and we are so thankful that He did. You have been there for it all ~ birthdays, Christmases, welcoming Grace and Will when they arrived home from China, good times and hard times.
Through it all, your smile and love never faded.
The brightness of your personality never dimmed.
I can’t even imagine coming home to a house without you.
Life will go on once you’re gone but the world will be less happy and a little hollow without you.
Thank you sweet pup!
You have made our lives richer and the world a more beautiful place.
You have taught our whole family about devotion and unconditional love.
We will miss you so much darling and can only gain comfort in knowing that you will greet us again someday in heaven.
Love always,
Mom and Dad
Molly was adopted at age 9 weeks in Feb. of 2000. She was an 8 lb. bundle of love.
Our son Nick was 14 years old.
She has been the light of our lives for 11 & 1/2 years and is a funny, kind and gentle sweet soul.
2 weeks ago today, we received the heartbreaking news that Molly has 'osteo-sarcoma' or bone cancer in her right lower jaw. We've been told the tumor has been there for quite a while and her symptoms didn't show until it was quite advanced.
We've been spoiling our pup with treats, taking her to the dog park, rides in the car (which she loves),
and time spent in the backyard lying in the sun watching our young children play with friends.
I notice she is sleeping more and sometimes it seems hard for her to chew,
but her quality of life is still fairly good.
We're taking this one day at a time and won't let her suffer.
I don't know if she has days, a week, 2 weeks or months left but we're blessed to have these days with her.
I know this was a sad post but it is our life right now.
All Molly's wanted is to be loved and give her love to us,
and it's just so difficult to say goodbye.
