TREASURED MEMORIES
Dedicated to our Beautiful Girls
each one a Precious Memory
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OLD DOGS DO NOT DIE
We have a secret, you and I, that no one else shall know,
For who but I can see you lie each night in the fire glow?
And who but I can reach my hand before we go to bed,
And feel the living warmth of you and touch your silken head?
And only I walk woodland paths, with you ahead of me,
Your beauty racing with the wind, so young again, and free,
And only I can see you swim in every brook I pass .....
And when I call, no one but I can see the bending grass .......
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Our Special Girl, Lucy (10.10.91. - 13.06.00).
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God took you back, We had to part,
He eased your pain, and broke our hearts.
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Our Beautiful Beatrice (03.02.95. - 30.03.06).
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They say memories are golden, and maybe that is true
But I never wanted memories, I only wanted you
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Our Darling Anna (10.10.91. - 20.06.04).
Our Pride and Joy
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A golden heart stopped beating
Four paws were laid to rest
God took you back to prove to us
He only takes the best
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Our Dear, Sweet, Josie (02.04.95. - 25.09.06).
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If tears could build a stairway, And heartache make a lane
I’d climb the path to heaven, and bring you home again
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Our Beautiful Becky (11.09.93. - 29.12.05).
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Memories grow more precious still when loved ones have to part
And remain for ever blooming in the gardens of the heart
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Our Precious Evie (03.02.95. - 19.10.05).
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Our special darling Evie, Though you broke our hearts today
Our love for you remains as strong as it was yesterday
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So much joy
So much sorrow
It was a privilege to share your lives
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These words were included in the Queen Mother’s written funeral service which speaks to us all of any soul, human or canine, that we have lost.
You can shed tears that she is gone
or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back
or you can open your eyes and see all she’s left.
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday
You can remember her and only that she’s gone
or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back
Or you can do what she’d want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
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There are no words that fill the void left by our babes but we can always remember the
great lives they had and their love and devotion to us.
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