THE THOUGHT OF THIS DAY "10 YEARS WITHOUT YOU APPROACHING" KEPT COMING TO ME FOR DAYS. YOU WERE SO SPECIAL TO US AND TO EVERYONE WHOSE LIFE YOU TOUCHED WITH YOUR GENTLENESS. I WANTED YOU TO BE WITH US MANY YEARS, YOU LEFT US A FEW MONTHS BEFORE YOU TURNED 12. MARIPOSI I LOVE YOU!!!

ANOTHER YEAR; THE 9TH., REMEMBERING YOUR PASSING TO RAINBOW BRIDGE. NEXT YEAR WILL ALREADY BE 10 YEARS WITHOUT YOU HERE. MARIPOSI WE LOVE YOU LOTS!

THINKING OF YOU, 8 YEARS AGO TO THIS DAY YOU LEFT US TO GO TO RAINBOW BRIDGE. MARIPOSI WE LOVE YOU ALWAYS!

MARIPOSI, HAPPY 16TH. BIRTHDAY MY BEAUTIFUL ANGEL! SO MANY CHANGES IN MY LIFE THIS YEAR, I KNOW U CAN SEE ME FROM HEAVEN & R SO HAPPY FOR ME. I LOVE U ALWAYS!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIPOSI! MAY THE HEAVENS SING TO YOU ALWAYS. WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH AND REMEMBER YOU. YOUR TENDER WAYS ARE ALWAYS REMEMBERED IN OUR HEARTS. Mariposi, we loved you and feel you like if you were here with us. Today 3rd. year since you passed away we are sending you lots of hugs and kisses from our hearts to yours. LOVE YOU LOTS!

Mariposi I've been thinking so much about you. Another birthday anniversary (the 3rd.) coming up without you. How much I miss you & how much I would have loved for you to enjoy life here in our back yard with the lake and the girls who love to walk Capi. I love you very much!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLONDIE! Second year we spend your birthday without you. Since we moved to Pembroke Pines Capi has found wonderful friends that come visit him and take him out walking. I know you are blessing him from above. Today has been a year since you were physically taken from our lives. You were so special. You never intruded, not even during those last hours you where here with us. I hope to hug you again. I miss you so much. I still don't know why you had to leave us so soon in our life. But I want you to know that after you left I've made such wonderful friends who love animals as much as I do. They shared my pain of losing you, all thanks to the Rainbow Bridge Residency. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

Mariposa grew with us since she was two months old. She had grace, loveliness and charm. She knew she was special. She walked as knowing she was beautiful. We shared so many wonderful things like the beach, car rides, trips, birthday parties. Growing up, Mariposa was gentle and at the same time very mischievously playful. As a puppy she enjoyed tearing our sofa, our shoes, our belts, and I will never forget that night I was watching the Oscars and as Tom Hanks was just about to start giving his acceptance speech my TV went off, Mariposa had shredded our cable wire in the backyard. I could not get mad at all. She was too kindhearted. Her favorite pastime was chasing lizards, she never intented to kill them. Mariposi loved the game of chase. She unintentionally killed lizards, birds, ducks and then barked at them as if she was asking them to continue this game of chase. Mariposa was so serene she would lick and eat chicken wings unhurriedly while I held it in my hand. She would jump and stand up excited to eat sweet ham. She would stand quitely in the kitchen to watch Zach cook and would stand patiently for food while watching us have dinner. Mariposa enjoyed lying belly up for us to caress her belly. Around when she was one year old my dad brought us a mixed breed Dalmation puppy we named him Capitan, who would have known then he would be your soulmate. We tried several times for you to breed with male dogs your own breed, but no way, Capitan won your heart. You were his life and all he ever cared to do was to take care for you. Mariposa always howled when she heard sirens. Once at a park picnic a toddler walked up to get close to the barbecue while it was burning hot and Mariposa alarmed us of the danger by barking as loud as she could to get our attention. My dad once told me Mariposa's eyes looked like people's eyes. I remember driving with her in the car and she would look up to me like saying "I trust you mommy". I miss so many things about you. Mariposi I am so sorry you had to go thru the pain of a disease like "carcinoma". I thank God he saved you from suffering more than you did. We are all missing you so much. Zach, my parents, Mary, Kevin, little Maria, our family & friends. Capi was very sad, now Rocky is keeping him happy. I miss not running my fingers thru your hair. Everyone at the vet's office liked you so much because you were so noble with them always. We will love you always.