by JACQUELINE MITCHELL.........................................
DEAR PEPPI, HOW ARE YOU? AND HOW ARE THINGS AT RAINBOW BRIDGE? WE ARE OKAY, JUST THINKING OF YOU, WE ALL MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH, I HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE NEW FRIENDS, I CAN STILL SEE YOUR BROWN EYES, AND I CAN STILL HEAR YOUR BARK, THE VET MADE A MISTAKE AND SENT US A CARD WITH YOUR PICTURE ON IT THAT SAID YOU WERE DUE FOR YOUR SHOT"S OH MY PEPPI HOW I CRIED WHEN I SAW IT, I HAVE IT ON TOP OF THE VISOR OF THE CAR I SEE YOUR LITTLE FACE EVERYDAY, YOU HAVE BEEN GONE A MONTH AND IT FEELS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY, I THINK WHEN YOU LOVE SOMETHING SO MUCH IT TAKES THE HEART A LONG TIME TO HEAL. IF TI EVER DOES!!! MOM AND DAD MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH, MOM CAME BACK FROM HER TRIP AND ME AND HER WENT UPSTAIRS, AND SHE SAID EVERY TIME SHE CLOSED HER EYES SHE SAW YOUR LITTLE BROWN EYES AND THOSE BIG EARS, AND OF COURSE SHE CRIED, EVEN THOUGH I BURIED YOU AT MY HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY, IN MOM AND DAD'S BACKYARD I BUILT YOU A LITTLE MEMORIAL, THERE IS A LITTLE GROUNHOG THAT IS HOLDING A SIGN THAT SAY'S CRITTERS WELCOME, THERE IS ALSO LITTLE SQUIRRELLS, A GNOME, AND IT IS PEPPI'S PLACE, MY LITTLE MAN I LOVE YOU STILL TO THIS DAY, I ALSO KNOW ONE DAY WE WILL SEE YOU SOON, I HOLD IN MY HEART SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF YOU TIME CAN NEVER ERASE THAT, FROM YOUR PUPPY YEARS TO YOUR MANNY MAN YEARS, YOU IN MY BACKPACK, YOU SLEEPING WITH ME, YOU RUNNING OUT OF THE HOUSE US CHASING YOU, YOU AND THE LOVE YOU HAD FOR AMBER, HOW YOU WOULD TAP YOUR LITTLE PAWS WHEN YOU SAW HER OR EVEN ME, I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT HAS BEEN HARD TO ADJUST TO WALK IN THIS HOUSE AND NOT HEAR YOUR BARK, I STILL SOMEHOW FEEL YOUR PRESENCE, AND I CAN STILL SMELL YOU, MY PEPPI I LOVED YOU STILL LOVE YOU AND WILL ALWAY'SMISS YOU HAPPY 1 MONTH ANNIVERSARY AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE!!!! LOVE YOU ALWAYS JACKIE-MAMA