by Billie Hammond.........................................
My dear Isabella,
Mommy hopes you can find this since I can't write you at the bridge. A new cat showed up the other day. I named him OMalley. He is part Siamese I think. He is a very loving cat, just like you. Mommy thinks you sent him to me to love my since my other babies in the house won't! He is in the barn. He will not come out of the barn. Mommy has made it nice for him, but he is lonely. Mommy is lonely for you, too. It will be a year in 5 days! So hard to believe you have been gone that long and I am still missing you so very badly!! Oh, Bella, I wish you were here. Mommy has such a hard time not crying over you. Mommy hopes you are not sad. I hope you are running and playing in the grass! You so loved the grass! Mommy hopes you have friends. I know you do. You are such a sweet and awesome lady. How could you not have friends? Everybody loves my Bella!! I hope you can know that your little brother Quincy Nelson would have bugged you to death!! He wants to play with the others, but they won't. They are getting too old, I guess! Anyway, we had a good 4th of July. You missed the fireworks from down here. I hope you saw them from Heaven. You loved them!! Bella, mommy will always love and miss you so much!! I will see you in Heaven! Till then.....I love you.