Alexis the great. . . by >B< M

Alexis the great. . .

by >B< M

Alexis was there for me ever since i came home from the hospital. my parents got her when they were first married. she was like a child to them before me and my brother came along. when i first touched her with my little fingers i fell in love with my best friend for life. we were inseperable for along time. then i grew older and i sort of forgot about her. i cared more for my family and friends then i did about spending time with her. i wish now that i would have hugged her one last time and gave her a kiss on the nose. but then my friends and i started talking about our dogs and it made me miss her. so that day i came home and spent the whole night with her. it was a stormy night and i left her in the garage so she wouldnt get wet. my mom wouldnt let me have her in the house. then my dad was leaving in the morning to go to work and she ran out of the garage and down the street. we lived by a creek at the time so she headed that way. my dad raced to get her but when he called her she turned around with a look in her eyes as if to say "this is something i have to do" so he let her go. we hired people to look for her. they had a couple of leads but none ended up being my alexis.they found a dog and thought it was her. my brother and i were so happy but when we saw the dog we knew instantly it wasnt her. i begged god to make us find her. i wanted to see her little happy face one more time. the people saw a dead dog on the road and thought it was her. i couldnt go and claim it was her because i knew if i saw her i knew that there was no hope. my mom went and came home and said no it isnt alexis. i was so happy. i thought that deep down in my heart she was still alive and in a better place. it has been a couple of years since then and i have relized that when i spent that last night with her i made her complete. she needed to feel loved one last time. i think that she left because she didnt want to see me crying over her whenever she died. she had signs that her time was pretty soon. i have a new dog now but he doesnt replace her. when i look at pictures of me and her i feel the same pain i had once felt before. i make sure to spend extra time with chester(*(my new dog)*) so that when he crosses the rainbow bridge i will feel like i made a difference in his life. i think what happened to her was a act of god. he could tell my pain in advance if i would have sat there and watched my baby die. he knew i couldnt handle it. the look in her eyes somehow made my dad realize what she was trying to say to me. she was the best dog i ever knew. she was well trained and she always knew how to make your day brighten up whenever i was sad. i miss her alot and i wonder what ever happened to her that day. I MISS YOU ALEXIS. THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY LAST DAY WITH YOU SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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