10/04/2020
Dear Dolly,
It’s hard to believe that yesterday you would have been 13 years old. You were such a wonderful girl and a true blessing in my life. You left me less than a week after my divorce and right before everything shut down for the quarantine. During the shutdown, I planted a garden in your memory in the front of the house. You know it well. I made a promise that you would be outside breathing fresh air outside when the time came and so it was the area I carried you to when you took your last breath. I know you still visit us here at the house. You really made the garden grow!
You will be forever missed and forever loved. You motivated me to make a better life for us. You were well loved by me, crossing guards, and the staff at pet stores and you never had to spend another day in your kennel because there was always someone here to be with you. You were there for me during my lowest points in life and showed me that, based on your life, everyone deserves a second or even third shot at life. Before you passed, I fully believe you and Ceste had an unspoken conversation in which you knew your time on earth was coming to a close. She said it felt like you told her to watch over me and care for me because you wouldn’t be able to. I knew she loved you too as there were times I would hear her singing to you with her beautiful voice. She carries the torch that you gave her well.
Well, Dolly, she does care for me and loves me very much. I wish you could still be here with us. I still feel your presence and thank you for visiting me in my dreams off and on over the last year. I still keep your blankets on my bed with the hope that you’ll visit me in dreamland. Please don’t be a stranger. I love you my tender, sweet little girl. Until we meet on the other side, say “Hi” to my other fur kids. 😥💙
Love eternally,
CJ
