What She Was
by Suzanne Schultz.........................................
She never flew an airplane over oceans deep. She was never in law enforcement, catching a bank robber or car jacker. She never went to medical school, hopeing to find the cure for aids. She never joined the army, keeping our country safe. She never worked in a zoo with all kinds of wild animals. Though at times she felt like she did. She never stood on stage and song for her fans. She never worked in a cute little shop in the mall.
What she was, was a trashman {oh sorry} trashlady. She believed she should inspect all trash. If that meant dragging it all over the house then so be it. She was a runner. She would run as fast as her short little four legs would let her if someone left the door open. She was an inpersoanator. She loved to act like Elivs with that lip thing. She was a grudge holder. If you did something to make her mad she got even. She would leave you a gift in the bed. Not where you could see it though. Some how she could get under the cover and do it with out messing up the cover. Then when you got in bed you would lay in it. Thank goodness we finally broke her of that. She was my shadow. More than once I fell trying not to step on her. She was a front seat driver. She loved to go through the drive through at Burger King because they would give her a chicken strip. She was a crab boat captian. She was queen of the bayou. She was often seen floating down the bayou on her fish float. She was her older doggie brother CoCo's eyes and ears when he went deaf and blind. She was so many things but most of all she was my teacher. She taught me that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. She taught me to put others first. She taught me that it is better to give than to take. She taught me to look beyond the storm clouds. She taught me how to live and laugh. But above all she taught me how to love and how to let go.

Kayla was my 15 year old long hair chia mix. She was my heart and soul. In her last year or so her health was really bad. She had lung and heart problems and really bad seizures. Strange though was the fact that she was my nurse when I had my own seizures. When my seizures stopped hers began. She went deaf. Her teeth were a mess. We had them cleaned but they were still bad. In the end her teeth would be the reason I chose to let her go. When she could no longer do the one true love of her life {besides me} EAT, without pain, I let her go. There is not a day that goes by I do not wonder if I did the right thing. My head tells me I did but my heart is not so sure. On July 3rd I plan to let a ballon go with her name on it and a little about her. She would have been 16. I want whoever finds it to know just how special my little girl was and still is. Then on August 5th to mark her first year in Heaven.

Kayla may you run and play with your new friends over the rainbow untill I cross the great devided. If Daddy should pass over first it is ok to go into Heaven with him, just come back for me when it is my time.

Kayla
R.I.P.
7-3-94 to 8-5-09

Love you always Mama

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