YOU CAME TO US AS A BLACK FUR BALL AND TURNED INTO A MIGHTY YOUNG LADY. YOU HAD SHOULDERS THAT COULD BREAK A 100LB CHAIN WITHOUT HESITATION. YOU COULD RUN WITH THE BIGGEST OF BOYS. YOU NEVER KNEW A TENNIS BALL YOU DID NOT LOVE. THE MORE THE MERRIER.

I ALWAYS SAID THAT YOU WOULD EAT ANYTHING THAT DID NOT EAT YOU FIRST.

AFTER MANY YEARS OF CHASING AND RUNNING YOU STARTED WITH BODY SORES. NOTHING HELPED AND THE LAST RESORT LEAD YOU TO THE TRIAL OF DIABETES. I NEVER REGRETTED ANY MORNING THE ALARM WENT OFF AT 5:00 TO GIVE YOU THE SHOT OF INSULIN YOU SO DESPERATELY NEEDED. YOU MANAGED SO WELL AND HANDLED EVERYTHING LIFE THREW YOUR WAY INCLUDING THE BLINDNESS.

FINALLY IT CAME TO THE TIME WHEN WE COULD SEE THAT YOU WERE TIRED. GETTING MORE CONFUSED AND HAVING ACCIDENTS. WE DID NOT CARE BECAUSE WE LOVED YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ONCE WE REALIZED THAT IT WOULD BE HORRIBLE TO COME HOME AND FIND THAT YOU DIED ALONE OR HAD FALLEN DOWN THE STEPS AND SUFFERED ALL DAY IN PAIN, WE KNEW WE HAD TO GIVE YOU BACK TO THE HEAVENS THAT GAVE YOU TO US.

IT IS WITH THE HEAVIEST HEARTS THAT YOUR DAD AND I DECIDED WE NEEDED TO PUT YOU IN A PLACE WHERE THERE WAS NO MORE BLINDNESS AND NOTHING BUT TREATS.

THE TEARS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW FOR A LONG TIME. THE HOUSE IS WAY TOO QUIET AND I EXPECT TO SEE YOU STANDING WAITING FOR ONE OF THE TREATS YOU LIVED FOR.

YOU ARE NOW WITH LUKE AND REMEMBER HE DOES NOT WANT TO PLAY WITH THE TENNIS BALLS AND WILL NOT FETCH.

CINDER GIRL, KNOW THAT OUR LIVES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AND NO ONE WILL EVER REPLACE THE LOVE YOU GAVE US.

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