Re: FW: RR-Folk: Sad, but nice

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OH ,

I miss my big ugly MUTTS sooooooo much.....

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From: Jeanette lin

To: lupies

Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:54 PM

Subject: FW: RR-Folk: Sad, but nice

Thought a few of the dog people might enjoy this.Love,Jeanette This is from one of my rescue families, thought you might all enjoy it! I am your dog, and I have a little something I'd like to whisper in your ear. I know that you humans lead busy lives. Some have to work, some have children to raise. It always seems like you are running here and running there, often much too fast, often never noticing the truly grand thingsin life. Look down at me now, while you sit there at your computer. See the waymy dark brown eyes look at yours? They are slightly cloudy now. That comes with age. The gray hairs are beginning to ring my soft muzzle. You smile atme; I see love in your eyes. What do you see in mine? Do you see a spirit? A soul inside, who loves you as no other could in the world? A spirit that would forgive all trespasses of prior wrong doing for just a simplemoment of your time? That is all I ask. To slow down, if even for a fewminutes, to be with me. So many times you have been saddened by the words you read on thatscreen, of others of my kind, passing. Sometimes we die young and oh so quickly, sometimes so suddenly it wrenches your heart out of your throat. Sometimes, we age so slowly before your eyes that you may not even seem to knowuntil the very end, when we look at you with grizzled muzzles and cataract clouded eyes. Still the love is always there, even when we must take that long sleep, to run free in a distant land. I may not be here tomorrow; I may not be here next week. Someday you will shed the water from your eyes, that humans have when deep grief fills their souls, and you will be angry at yourself that you did not have just "one more day" with me. Because I love you so, your sorrow touches my spirit and grieves me. We have NOW, together. So come, sit down here next to me on the floor, and look deep into my eyes. What do you see? If you look hard and deep enough we will talk, you and I, heart to heart. Come to me not as "alpha" or as "trainer" or even "Mom or Dad," come to me as a living soul and strokemy fur and let us look deep into one another's eyes and talk. I may tellyou something about the fun of chasing a tennis ball, or I may tell you something profound about myself, or even life in general. You decided to have me in your life because you wanted a soul to share such thingswith. Someone very different from you, and here I am. I am a dog, but I am alive. I feel emotion, I feel physical senses, andI can revel in the differences of our spirits and souls. I do not think of you as a "Dog on two feet" -- I know what you are and who you are. You are human, in all your quirkiness, and I love you still. Now, come sit with me, on the floor. Enter my world, and let time slow down if only for 15 minutes. Look deep into my eyes, and whisper into my ears. Speak with your heart, with your joy, and I will know your true self. We may not have tomorrow, but we do have today, and life is oh so very short. So please--come sit withme now and let us share these precious moments we have together. Love, on behalf of canines everywhere. Your Dog-------To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate yoursubscription,please go tohttp://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=698636 & user_secret=6aebab45"The LUPIES Store" Come check out our store...http://www.cafepress.com/thelupies"The LUPIES Web Page"http://www.itzarion.com/lupusgroup.html"The LUPIES online photo albums!" Check out what your fellow Lupies look like...http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?username=lupies