Codee picked us out to be her family almost 13 years ago. She has been my running partner, my yard work pal (as we say 'scientisting' in the woods), my furry pillow to cry on, my clown to make me laugh, my shadow...my "Best Friend". She has been totally and completely a part of our family from that first day. Or maybe I should say she made our family total and complete. It is so hard for me to see the years catching up with her. Her once distinct white heart shaped marking on her head is now blended with the greying of age, but each time I look into those Brittany Spaniel eyes I see the love and memories of years shared together. She has been the purest example of kindness and unconditional love everyday of her life, giving up what she would probably rather be doing to stay by my side when I was sick or just 'down'. She has always been there for me and now I will be there for her. As much as it is a struggle for her to get up off her dog bed in the kitchen, she never fails to greet me at the door with her famous 'smile' when I come home. The least I can do is walk slowly with her to the woods when she feels like going there, scratch her belly when she makes the effort to ask, and at the end of a day carry her up the steps and lift her into bed, make sure she is under the blankets the way she likes, and listen to her as she snores me to sleep.
She is my girl always and forever!
~bekuyps
God will have prepared everything for our perfect happiness. If it takes my dog being in Heaven, I believe she'll be there.
Rev. Billy Graham
I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog — completely exhausted — limps away from her nice spot in front of the fire and comes over to where I'm sitting and puts her head in my lap, a paw over my knee, and closes her eyes, and goes back to sleep. I don't know what I've done to deserve that kind of friend.
Gene Hill
I've always said, that for all they do for us, it's what we do for them to ease them into the next world. It's probably much harder for us than for them. At least we know they'll have great company over there...Ted and KatieDid and Viggy and all the others.
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