Sunny Joe by mary smith

Sunny Joe

by mary smith

"Sunny Joe" it started off just as any other day,i went to school and my dad came and picked me up.as we rolled into the drive i saw a tiny golden fluff ball laying on the porch.i got out and found that it was a brand new golden retriever puppy.i named him sunny joe because he was as bright as the sun and on the day i got him my neighbor sadly passed away.sunny and i had 2 great years together.then one day he got sick and so while my parents were at work my neighbor bev and i took him to the vet.the doctors immediatly took him back into a room.we waited in the lobby for almost an hour when the doctors asked us to come back to the room.when i saw him laying there in pain i started crying.he couldn't move because of the pain.the vets said we had a choice of sending him to the emergency clinic or to put him to sleep.i chose to have him euthanized because it would have been wrong to keep him in pain.while he was being injected he raised up and licked my cheek one last time. then i whispered in his ear that i loved him and to never forget me. "in loving memory,Sunny Joe,2002-may 20,2004

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