BO & BAYLEE by TAMMY PULVER

BO & BAYLEE

by TAMMY PULVER

DEAR BO & BAYLEE,I AM SO SORRY I WASN`T THERE TO PROTECT YOU WHEN YOU NEEDED ME THE MOST,YOU HAD WENT FOR A RIDE EARLIER THAT DAY WITH DADDY.DADDY LEFT THE HOUSE AT 2PM AND WE PLAYED FOR AWHILE.I LET YOU ABOUT 3:OOPM.THEN YOU CAME INSIDE AND WENT TO YOUR USUAL NAPPING SPOTS.IT WAS NOW 3:10 AND I HAD TO GO GET THE KIDS FROM SCHOOL @ THEIR AFTER READING CLASS.AS I WAS WALKING OUT THE DOOR I SAID I WOULD BE GONE ABOUT 20 MINS AND I`D BE RIGHT BACK.WHEN I RETURNED I COULDN`T EVEN GET UP THE ROAD,I HAD TO PARK AT THE END AND RUN UP THE STREET.I THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BEEN AL`S HOUSE ACROSS THE WAY BUT TO MY DISMAY IT WAS OUR OWN HOUSE.I KNEW THE KIDS WERE SAFE THEY WERE WITH ME AND I KNEW DADDY WASN`T HOME,HE WAS DOING ERRANDS.THE ONLY ONES I DIDN`T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE WAS YOU AND BAYLEE.I STARTED FREAKING OUT ,YOU KNOW HOW I DO THAT WHEN I CAN`T FIND ONE OF MY FUR BABIES.I WAS SCREAMING AT THE FIREMAN TO SAVE YOU TWO AND BRING YOU OUT,HOWEVER THEY TOLD ME IT WAS TO LATE THAT YOU HAD ALREADY PASSED.THEY SAID THEY COVERED YOU UP WITH A BLANKET.I KNOW YOU WERE SCARED BECAUSE YOU WERE TRYING TO GET IN BETWEEN THE DRESSER AND THE WALL.IT WAS SUCH A SMALL SPACE AND YOU HAD CUT YOUR MOUTH TRYING TO SQUEEZE BACK THERE TO GET AWAY FROM THE SMOKE.I COULD NOT BRING MY SELF TO SAY GOOD BYE THAT NIGHT SO THERE YOU STAYED TILL MORNING.AS FOR YOU BAYLEE THE FIREMAN SAID THEY HAD NOT FOUND YOUR BODY YET,SO ALL NIGHT WE LAID AWAKE AND HAD A GLIMMER OF HOPE THAT MAYBE YOU HAD GOTTEN OUT SOME HOW AND YOU WOULD BE WAITING AT THE TRAILOR WHEN WE ARRIVED IN THE MORNING.I CALLED YOUR NAME NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE ENTERING THE HOUSE TO SEE IF YOU WOULD ANSWER ME LIKE YOU NORMALLY WOULD WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR SELF FOR A WALK.THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.I WENT IN THE TRAILOR TO SAY GOOD BYE TO BO AND HOW MY HEART WAS BREAKING TO SEE HIM IN THE CONDITION,BO YOU WERE NOT BURNED BUT THE SMOKE TOOK YOUR LIFE 1ST.SO, BO WE CARRIED YOU OUT TO THE TRUCK FOR YOUR LAST RIDE ,WE WERE GOING TO HAVE YOU CREMATED SO YOU WOULD BE WITH US FOREVER.WELL,WHEN WE CARRIED YOU OUT I RETURNED INTO THE DEBRIS TO FIND YOU BAYLEE.I STARTED AT THE END OF THE TRAILOR WHERE I HAD SEEN YOU LAST,SLEEPING ON THE KIDS BED.I STARTED MOVING DEBRIS AROUND AND THERE WAS NO ROOF LEFT ON THAT END OF THE THE HOUSE AND I SEEN A BRIGHT SILVERY OBJECT,IT WAS YOUR COLLAR SHINING IN THE SUN.I STARTED TO MOVE THE DEBRIS FROM YOUR LIFELESS BODY AND FELL TO MY KNEES AND JUST CRIED,DADDY HEARD ME CRYING AND CAME AND FOUND ME,HE FINISHED REMVING THE DEBRIS FROM OFF OF TOP OF YOU AND WRAPPED YOU IN A BLANKET,YOU TO WERE NOW GOING TO BE CREMATED.YOU AND BO NOW REST PEACEFULLY ON A BEAUTIFUL WOODEN SHELF,WITH YOUR COLLARS YOU WORE ALL THE TIME, HANGING BY YOU.THERE ARE ALSO LOTS AND LOTS OF PICTURES OF YOU 2 EVERYWHERE.WITH A VERY TOUCHING POEM FROM RAINBOWS BRIDGE FRAMED AND HANGING BY YOUR SHRINE OR AT LEAST THATS WHAT WE CALL IT.YOU BABIES WILL REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER .WE LOVE YOU MORE TAHN YOU KNOW AND MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY.YOU WILL BE IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER.LOVE MOMMY,DADDY,GINO,MIRANDA,KORTNIE AND HUNTER.NOW I CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE GOOD NEWS ON MARCH 2ND A GUY FROM 40 MILES AWAY HEARD OUR STORY AND DONATED A LITTLE YELLOW PUP TO US HER NAME IS BRANDIE,AND WE ALSO FOUND ANOTHER BEAGLE HER NAME IS CRICKET,THEY ARE BECOMING GOOD FRIENDS LIKE YOU AND BAYLEE WERE.HOW EVER BRANDIE PULLS ALOT OF YOUR OLD TRICKS ,BO.LIKE STEALING FOOD OFF OF THE COUNTER,BUT YOU TAUGHT US TO KEEP OUR SHOES UNDER LOCK AND KEY AND KEEP DADDY`S HATS PICKED UP IF WE DON`T WANT TO KEEP BUYING NEW ONES.AND BAYLEE CRICKET HAS YOUR ATTITUDE ALWAYS KEEPING SMILES ON OUR FACES.THEY BOTH WARM OUR HEARTS AND OUR HELPING US HEAL.BUT I NEED YOU 2 TO KNOW THAT YOU WERE BOTH VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS TO ALL OF US AND NO NEW PUPS WILL EVER TAKE YOUR PLACE.I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON HOW THINGS R GOING.MIRANDA CRYS MORE THAN SHE LIKES TO ADMIT FOR YOU AND SO DO I.DADDY IS STILL HAVING TROUBLE TALKING ABOUT YOU 2 JUST YET,YOU KNOW DADDY GRIEVES HIS OWN SPECIAL WAY.GINO WROTE A POEM JUST FOR YOU 2 WHEN WE WENT TO LAY FLOWERS AT THAT SITE OF THE FIRE.BO YOUR ROSE WAS RED AND BAYLEE YOURS WAS PURPLE,BEFORE THEY TORE THE TRAILOR DOWN I WENT BACK AND GOT THE FLOWERS,THEY LAID WHERE YOUR BODIES RESTED.THE FLOWERS ARE NOW PART OF YOUR SHRINE.I WILL COME BACK IN A FEW DAYS TO POST GINO`S POEM YOU WILL LOVE IT.SO BYE FOR NOW I MISS YOU SO MUCH AND LOVE YOU LIKE CRAZY WHICH IS HOW I FEEL LIKE I AM GOING WITH OUT YOU TWO BY OUR SIDES.HUGS AND KISSES,MOMMY AND DADDY.

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