by Allan Moss
Dear Norman,
It has been two years and a couplke of weeks since I last set eyes on you, but not a moment has passed that you werre absent from my heart. That horrrible day came, when Dr. Terrent said there was nothing more that could be done. I'm sure you know it, but if there was anything I could have done to make you better, I would have. But the only relief that was available, was to make the pain stop for you. So i did.
But I hope you know, and I'm sure you do, that saying goodbye, even if it was best, was the hardest thing I'd ever done. Our time together was so short, only 4 1/2 years, but I wouldn't have traded it for the world.
I now have a new Buddha Bear. His name is KC. Don't be jealous, though, Dumper. He is the currently the best thing in my life, but he doesn't hold a candle to you. It was you, after all, that taught me the value of unconditional love. KC thanks you, because, without you, he would not be in my life. He is the healthiest mastiff Dr. Terrent has ever seen. You would be proud. He is the specimen you had every reason to be. But still, he's not you. I ;love him with all my heart, like I loved you, buit not the same. He is not the snobby jerk you were.
KC is a ham. He clowns it up like you never would. And he demands the attention of all around him. You were special because you never did. You always looked at me as if I was the only person in the world. And acted the same way. You had the balls to be the individual, the one who stood alone, but always by my side. I miss your independence, but mostly I miss the love you shed on me, and me alone. Mom and Dad miss there first "granddoggy". but I thinkm they -like KC more. He is more diplomatic toward the rest of the world.
As much as I love him, and I do, he will never replace you. If it weren't for you, the only solid part of my life for your years here, I surely would never had made it. You kept me sane, and therefore, alive through the roughest part of my life, and I love you for it, and always will, as I must. Not because I must, but just because I do. I miss you dearly, Norman, and can't wait to see you again. I'm sure yoyu hope, as I do, that it will be many years till we meet again, but someday, we shall. And between now and then, remember me, and take care of the ones I loved that come your way, until we're all together again.
Love forever and always,
Al