by Nancy Mann
CODY- You came to me from a yard sale. Like someone getting rid of old clothes and furniture, they set you in a basket when you were only old enough to leave your mom. Of course I got you for free because how can you put a price on something so small and precious? Just the littlest little Sheltie I have ever seen. You clung to me from day one as if thanking me for taking you away from all that old garage sale stuff that sat beside your crate in the garage holding your brothers and sisters.From that moment I held you, you were a Mama's baby. Always by my side and always under my feet. I never minded it a bit. How fast you grew from such a baby to Mamma's little boy. We'd sit and watch tv or lay in bed with me humming in your ear and you just snuggled even closer than ever. Like my arm as a wing. I protected you and had so many good memories with you. The day of the fire, as usual, I got up to go to work. You had your daily routine of Fruitloops with Pepsi and Einstein and of course the ritual of me holding you telling you how much I loved you. I never thought that day- that I'd never see you again. How I'd love to be holding you right now. Humming in your ear and sharing more memories than what we had already. Oh Cody, I miss you so bad. I know that you are a peace but I'm not.I never will be until I am holding you once again humming in your ear. Those eyes of yours will haunt me forever. They flash in front of me always. The most beautiful eyes I have ever seen as they gazed up at me with love. I'm so sorry I wasn't home to save you. To hum to you as you drifted off to sleep from the monoxide of the smoke.
Where ever you are Cody, always remember I love you and you'll always be Mama's little boy.
Love Mom
2/10/2001