by Darcie Brown
TO MY BEST FRIEND AND PARTNER HARRO
TODAY I SAID GOODBYE TO YOU HARRO MY BEST FRIEND AND PARTNER OF 10 YRS. IT WAS THE HARDEST THING I EVER HAD TO DO BUT IT WAS THE BEST THING FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE TO GOOD TO ME TO LET YOU SUFFER LIKE THAT. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THE DECISION I MADE TO LET YOU GO WAS BECAUSE I LOVED YOU SO MUCH . YOU WILL SEE THAT YOU WILL HAVE NO MORE PAIN OR NO MORE ACHING LIMBS THEY ARE LEFT BEHIND .
I COULDNT LET YOU SEE ME CRY SO I SAT BEHIND YOU WTH YOUR HEAD ON MY LAP, I KNEW YOU KNEW I WAS THERE FOR YOU. I CRADLED YOU IN MY ARMS FOR ONE LAST TIME, HEARD YOU TAKE YOUR LAST BREATH. AS I WAS STROKING YOU I HOPE THAT YOU HEARD ME TELLING YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU AND HOW MUCH IT HURT TO GIVE YOU UP.
HARRO, JUST BECAUSE YOUR BODY WILL NOT BEEN SEEN, YOU WILL ALWAYS LIVE DEEP WITHIN MY HEART. YOU ARE A PART OF ME ALWAYS AND FOREVER NO OTHER DOG WILL EVER TAKE YOUR PLACE. I WILL FOREVER FEEL YOU RIGHT BESIDES ME , YOUR BARK WILL FOREVER STAY IN MY MIND. YOUR LOVE WILL ALWAYS STAY CLOSE TO MY HEART
WHEN THE VET ASK ME IF I WAS READY FOR HER TO ADMINISTER THE INJECTION I TOLD HER YES OUT LOUD BUT DEEP INSIDE OF ME I WAS SCREAMING NO I WONT EVER BE READY BUT ONE LOOK INTO YOUR EYES TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE READY TO LEAVE THIS WORLD. MY HARRO I JUST DIDNT CARE IF THE VET SAW ME CRYING AS YOU SLIPPED AWAY FROM ME . I HOPE THE LAST THING YOU FELT WHEN YOU LEFT THIS WORLD WERE MY KISSES AND HUGS AND ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU.
THANK YOU MY LITTLE BOY FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE YOUR BEAUTIFUL HEART AND SOUL. THANK YOU FOR BEING IN MY LIFE AND MOST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR A LIFETIME OF LOVE .. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.
I KNOW THAT YOUR IN A BETTER PLACE . YOU LIVE IN MY HEART NOW AND FOREVER
LOVE ALWAYS
DARCIE
NOVEMBER 16,1990 - MAY 2, 2002