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Rainbow Bridge
Some comforting words
I will lend to you for a while, a pup, God said,
For you to love him while he lives and mourn for him when he's dead.
Maybe for twelve or fourteen years, or maybe two or three
But will you, 'til I call him back, take care of him for me.
He'll bring his charms to gladden you and (should his stay be brief)
you'll always have his memories as solace for your grief.
I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return
But there are lessons taught below I want this pup to learn.
I've looked the whole world over in search of teachers true
And from the folk that crowd life's land I have chosen you.
Now will you give him all your love nor think the labor vain,
Nor hate me when I come to take my Pup back again.
I fancied that I heard them say "Dear Lord Thy Will be Done,"
For all the joys this Pup will bring, the risk of grief we'll run.
We'll shelter him with tenderness, we'll love him while we may
And for the happiness we've known forever grateful stay
But should you call him back much sooner than we've planned,
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes, and try to understand.
If, by our love, we've managed, your wishes to achieve
In memory of him we loved, to help us while we grieve.
When our faithful bundle departs this world of strife,
We'll have yet another Pup and love him all his life.
Author Unknown
21.10.09
Au revoir & à bientôt
to a wonderful friend & mentor
Roberta Rothenbach
we'll miss you
with love
jacqui & maynard
xxx
~~
Jana Kovacs
Copcopine Cresteds
France
Julie Johnson
Dragonskeep Cresteds
UK
Teresa Moreu
Castafiore Cresteds
Spain
memorial LynnE Dauber
When I get where I'm going
on the far side of the sky.
The first thing that I'm gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly.
I'm gonna land beside a lion,
and run my fingers through his mane.
Or I might find out what it's like
To ride a drop of rain
(Chorus:)
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
there'll be only happy tears.
I will shed the sins and struggles,
I have carried all these years.
And I'll leave my heart wide open,
I will love and have no fear.
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
Don't cry for me down here.
I'm gonna walk with my grandaddy,
and he'll match me step for step,
and I'll tell him how I missed him,
every minute since he left.
Then I'll hug his neck.
So much pain and so much darkness,
in this world we stumble through.
All these questions, I can't answer,
so much work to do.
But when I get where I'm going,
and I see my Maker's face.
I'll stand forever in the light,
of His amazing grace.
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
there'll be only happy tears.
Hallelujah!
I will love and have no fear.
When I get where I'm going.
Yeah when I get where I'm going.
Sung by By Brad Paisley & Dolly Parton
Written by George Teren and Rivers Rutherford,
Diabo
1992 - 2007
Holly
1989 - 2006
RIP
"Urban Magic Du Domaine Du President"
KiKi
29-Mar-03 to 28-Oct-05
you always made us smile
RIP
"Sizzle With Me du Gué de l'Adour"
RIP
"May I go now?"
Do you think the time is right?
May I say goodbye to pain filled days
and endless pain filled nights?
I didn't want to go at first I fought with all my might.
But something seems to draw me now
to a warm and loving light.
I promise that I'll not be far and hope you'll always know
that my spirit will be close where ever you may go.
Thank you so for loving me
You know I loved you too.
So hold me now just one more time and let me hear you say,
Because you care so much for me you'll let me go today.
"That rainbow bridge is a special place!"
Author Unknown
THE RETIRED SHOW DOG
He sits to the side, out of the way
While others beg head rubs,
or force you to play.
His dark liquid eyes watch your every move
Hoping and waiting, his love to prove.
He was shown many times, a promising pup
And he just got better as he grew up.
A picture of health, robust and strong,
His gait and topline, never went wrong.
But his prime has passed,
and he seems to know,
That he'll never again be put in a show.
He eats, he sleeps,
not much more than that,
And maybe he's getting a little too fat.
He loves to be brushed,
When you have the time,
He waits for his turn at the end of the line.
You think of him, sure, but not nearly as much
As those promising pups,
that new Special and such.
So he sits and he waits,
til you have the time,
To make the same fuss
as you did in his prime.
A scrap of affection,
or playful shove,
To him it means everything,
to him it means LOVE!
Don't grieve for me; for now I'm free, I'm following the path God laid for me,
I took His lead when I heard Him call, I turned back and then left it all,
I could not stay another day, To bark, to love, to work, or play,
Events uncompleted must stay that way, I'm found at peace at the close of the day.
If my parting left a void, then fill it with remembered joy,
A friendship shared, a pat, a kiss, Oh yes, these things I, too, will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow, I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life's been full, I savoured much: Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief, Don't lengthen it now with undue grief,
Lift up your heart and share with me; God wanted me now, He set me free.
Author Unknown
Quote from US Senator Vest in 1870 when he was addressing the jury
in a court
case in defence of a dog. This is part of his impassioned plea:
"The one absolutely unselfish friend a man can have in this selfish
world, the
one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or
treacherous
is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty,
in health
and in sickness. He will sleep on the ground, where the wintry winds
blow and
the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be at his master's side.
He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer. He will lick the
wounds and
sores that come from the encounter with the roughness of the world.
He guards
the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all
other friends
desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to
pieces, he
is a constant in his love as the sun in its journey
through the heavens".
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