Welcome to Homer's Rainbow Residency

Memories of Homer

Homer, my precious one, you have been gone just a little over a month, and we miss you so much. You were a very important member of our family of 15 little dogs. Now there are 14 left, plus such an empty spot that only you could fill with your unique, cute little ways.......the way you would come and sit in front of your "Dad" or me and get our attention by rubbing our legs with your paw. All you ever asked for was to have your back scratched. We think of you every time we pass the corner on the busy highway where you came into our lives that Saturday morning in February six years ago. You were just walking along with your friend, Dusty. We stopped the car to try and get the two of you off the road. We were afraid you might be frightened and run into the street, but when we opened the car door, you jumped right in as if you were just waiting for us. Dusty, of course, wouldn't let you go without her, so she came too. Dusty misses you also. She lays on the top step of the family room where you used to lay as if she is waiting for you to come home. You left us the same way you came to us-----very suddenly and without any warning at all. That night, one week before Christmas, you ate your dinner and went out to play for a few minutes with the others--except you didn't come back in when they did. "Dad" went out to the yard and found you, but it was too late. The vet said a sudden heart attack took you from us. We tried to revive you with CPR, but it just didn't work. Someone said to me afterward that since we didn't raise you from puppyhood like all the others (except your buddy, Dusty), it shouldn't hurt as much because you were just a visiting "resident." How wrong they were. Unlike all the others who we picked out, you chose us...and your loyalty and devotion was just as deep. I still wake up in the middle of the night and see your little face looking back at me asking for that back rub you liked so much. In the six years you lived with us, you never once got into any trouble. You were truly the PERFECT PET, and your memory will live forever in our hearts. "Dad" and I love you, "Homie". DECEMBER 30, 2002--It has been just a little over a year that we lost you. The pain is still so strong and we miss you so much, my little one. We have added a granite marker to your gravesite in the yard. I sit out there many times and think about you. Your little friends, Tiffany and Sandy, need you to watch over them. Tiffany has cancer. We will find out tomorrow if the radiation treatments have gotten it small enough to operate. Sandy is suffering from old age ailments. She is a little better than she was a month ago, so please ask up there if we can keep her a while longer. Also, please ask that Tiffany not be taken from us. If this is not possible, then please be at the entrance to the bridge to greet them both and help them make a smooth transition. I love you, Homie. AUGUST 2, 2003 -- Hello again, my sweet boy. I still visit your grave every day. Just a few weeks ago we added some beautiful flowers. I'm sure by now you have been reunited with Sandy, Gypsy, and Tiffany. Sandy and Gypsy went to the bridge in April 2003. Tiffany just lost her 9-month battle with cancer on July 7. She was such a fighter - just like you. She hung on and became known as the "little trooper" at the Cancer Center. Take good care of her and help her make a lot of good friends. Tell Sandy and Gypsy we love them. And we love you, Homie. Please Visit Sandy & Gypsy, Tiffany (Ginger's Daughter & Bart's Sister) , Ginger (Tiffany's Mother) & Bart's (Son of Ginger & Brother of Tiffany) Rainbow Residencies.

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