| In Memory of my Tali 5/7/96 - 11/4/05 |
| Ch Sierra Ridge Dream Catcher |
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| "Hello there my furry friend you've reached your destiny, You've lived on Earth for many years now you've returned to me, Your best friend you've left on the Earth now has a troubled heart, Because my little furry friend with you she's had to part, I sent you down to live with her, there were things she had to learn, Now your time on Earth is through and to me you must return, While on Earth you taught her well about love and loyalty, But now your work on Earth is done and you've come back to me, Her days and nights are lonely without you by her side, She's prayed, she's cursed, she's angry, and a million tears she's cried, It's so hard for her to see beyond her broken heart That although she cannot see you, you're really not apart, You walk beside her everyday and watch over her at night And one day you'll be together, when the time is right, She nourished you with love and care all your Earthly years Now her heart is filled with pain and her eyes are filled with tears, She didn't want to lose you and prayed, but all in vain I could not leave you on the Earth and make you well again, This is how life's meant to be and when your life is through You all return to Heaven so that I can comfort you, And I can see my furry friend that you are in great pain So let me take you in my arms and make you well again, I'll give to you another life up here in Heaven with me You will have so many friends and of pain you will be free, I wish that your best friend on Earth could look up here and see The one she loves so deeply is playing happily, Then she'd no longer question me and she would know for sure That when her time on Earth is through she'll be with you once more." |
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| The greatest gift I always knew this time would come, From the very first time our eyes first met. How I loved you then! How I love you now! I made a promise then and I keep that promise now. You will not suffer from a pain that will not heal, You will not know the loss of a life remembered, now gone. It's for me alone to make this decision, The price for the bright joy and pure laughter You brought me during the time we shared. I am the only one who can decide when it is time. When my hope dies, and my fears ride high, Just when I need you most, I must let you go. It's for you alone to tell me when you are ready, For without your guidance, I will not know When to lay my grief, my guilt, my anger, My sorrow and my selfish heart aside And give you the last gift, the greatest gift. Your eyes will speak to mine, and I will know. The pain of this moment is excruciating. Tears stream down my face in a river of sorrow, And my heart drowns in a pool of grief. For you have spoken and I have listened. And unlike other decisions I have made, This one brings no relief, no comfort, and no peace For if there's one thing I have learned, Unconditional love has a condition after all. I must be willing to let you go when you speak to me. I must accept my pain so you can be free of yours. Go easily now, go quickly now, Do not linger here, it is time for you to leave. Go find the ones who have gone before you. You are free to leave me now, free to let your spirit soar. I pray I will find comfort in my memories, I n the dark and lonely days ahead. I cannot say I will not miss you, cannot say I will not cry, For only my tears can heal my broken heart. But I promise you this: as long as I live, you will live Alive in my mind, forever in my heart. And this will be my greatest gift, Sending you away. Is this the measure of my unconditional love, For only the greatest love can say Good-bye. Go find the rainbow bridge We'll meet again. Loving you has been the greatest gift of all. |
| "We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan." ----Irving Townsend. |