My Most Precious Little Chloe Marie
by Joe Korman.........................................
My Most Precious Little Chloe Marie,

It has been one year since you have left us to go to the Rainbow Bridge and we miss you just as much as the day you left.

That was a terrible day for me, when your mommy called me and told me that something was wrong and I was talking to her on the speaker phone when you actually left for the bridge. I didn't get to say goodbye or hold you or kiss you but mommy says that you knew it was me on the phone and I'm glad that you could at least hear me.

It has been a very long year with a lot of hard days in it. Your little brother, Beckham Andrew, helps a lot but nothing and no one has or every will take your place with us.

We loved you the moment that we saw your picture on the Blue Bunnies website and it only got better when we met you. You were and are the most precious little baby.

Shortly after we got you, you had trouble with your teeth and we had to hand feed you and give you medicine for the infection. This was the start of our real bonding with you. Twice a day I had to hold you so mommy could feed you your critical care and medicine. That lasted over two weeks and you got better about it each day.

We got you past that and then had to go out of town for three days, so we took you back to your foster mommy to board you. I don't know who was more upset about this, you or us. We really missed you for the hold three days and could talk of nothing else on the drive home except to see you again. You were really mad at us when we got back and wouldn't even let us pet you at first.

This was so upsetting that we never again went out of town the rest of the time you were with us and we haven't in the year that we've had Beckham. It wouldn't have been fair to you to do that again.

You really are the best bunny in the world and we love you so much. I miss coming home each evening and holding you and rubbing your little tummy. You were so cute lying on your back in my arms. I'd never seen a bunny that would do that but you did.

I miss your little kisses that you gave every time we'd rub the side of your face. You were such a cuddly baby and loved to be groomed.

After you lost the use of your back legs you used to love us to wipe you off with a warm damp washcloth because you couldn't groom yourself any longer. You really loved to be clean and loved that we helped you with that.

Even without the use of your back legs you would scoot around your playpen and really hated for us to help you get around things. You always had to go the long way from your greens bowl to your favorite corner.

There are so many wonderful memories of our five short years together. We long for the day when we can all be together again and we can watch you run and jump like you did when you were healthy.

There are some days when I can hardly stand to be without you my loving wonderful beautiful baby. Everyone says that it gets easier with time, but everybody lies, it doesn't get easier, it just gets longer without you.

Everyday I see the little box that holds your ashes and just want to hold you again and be able to cuddle you and kiss you. You will always be my wonderful little baby Chloe and I will never stop missing you.

Love,

Daddy

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