by Kathleen Newman
HER NAME WAS EMBER,SO BEAUTIFUL,SO SWEET,AND IT WAS OCTOBER 11TH THAT HER HEART TOOK IT'S LAST BEAT. SHE WAS POISENED BY THE HANDS OF A HUMAN WHO DOES NOT FEEL,AND ACTED LIKE IT WAS "NO BIG DEAL". SHE WAS SICK FOR DAYS AND I DIDN'T KNOW,THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED,AND THAT A HUMAN WOULD SINK SO LOW! I TOOK HER TO THE VET AND THEY KEPT HER THERE,TO PUT HER DOWN I COULD NOT BEAR! I PRAYED TO GOD THAT SHE WOULD BE OKAND SAID,"OH PLEASE GOD GIVE ME ONE MORE DAY" I WENT TO SEE HER AND AND LOOKED IN HER WEAK EYES,ALMOST LIKE IT WAS HER IN DISGUISE. I ASKED TO BRING HER HOME AND TRY ONE MORE TIME TO NURSE HER TO HEALTH AND ERASE THIS HORRIBLE CRIME. THEY SAID OK,SO I TOOK HER HOME TO SEE HER BEST FRIEND KEG AND LET THEM BE ALONE. THE HOURS WENT SO FAST THAT I STAYED UP ALL NIGHT AND TRIED TO MAKE THEM LAST. SHE GOT SO FRAGILE AS TIME WENT BY AND ALL I COULD DO IS HUG HER AND FOR I KNEW IT WAS TIME TO SAY OUR GOODBYES- I COULDN'T SAY IT THEN TO THOSE BEAUTIFUL EYES- I BEGGED HER TO EAT, EVEN GOT MAD AND SAID'"I'M SORRY EMBER MOMMY'S JUST SO SAID FOR YOU ARE A GOOD GIRL AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN,I CANT LET YOU STRUGGLE ANYMORE WITHIN" HER BROWN EYES LOOKED INTO MY BLUE AND LICKED MY FACE AS IF SHE KNEW. IT WAS THE LAST HOUR THAT WAS SHE STRUGGLED REAL BAD, AS I LAY WITH HER AND SANG HER A SONG, HER KIDNEYS WEREN'T GOING TO LAST THAT LONG.I RUSHED HER TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HER FINAL RIDE,SHE WAS SO BRAVE,HER PAIN SHE TRIED TO HIDE.SHE WALKED RIGHT IN AS IF SHE WAS RELIEVED TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS THE END OF HER PAIN INDEED. MY HUSBAND WALKED IN AND SHE WAGGED HER TAIL,HE SHED A TEAR AND I DID AS WELL. MY HANDS SHOOK AS I SIGNED THE FORM,THEN HELD HER IN MY ARMS TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS WARM.I SAID MY GOOD BYES WHEN THEY BROUGHT THE NEEDLE IN MY HUSBAND WALKED OUT, IT WAS KILLING HIM WITHIN. I ROCKED HER BACK AND FORTH AND THEY PUT THE NEEDLE IN, I LOOKED AT HER AND HELD HER CHIN AND SAID,"I'M SO SORRY AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH"THEN SHE TOOK HER LAST BREATH AS I DID WITHIN, FOR MY EMBER WAS GONE, HOW COULD THIS HUMAN CREATE SUCH A SIN? THE DAY EMBER DIED WE WENT INTO OUR BACK YARD TO SPEND TIME WITH OUR OTHER DOG AND FOUND A SMALL BOWL OF ANTIFREEZE ON OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE WITH THE DRIPPINGS COMING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE WE KNOW WHO DID THIS AND THE LAW STATES THE WE HAVE NO PROOF!!! OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM STINKS!!!!!!!!
KATHLEEN AND RONALD NEWMAN
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