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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lucy wants everyone to read this.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dawn, Momslave to Lucy Lou and Daisy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Your Dog</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>YOUR DOG<BR><BR>The years go so very fast and before you know it that
romping pup is<BR>old and grey muzzled and they have sat by our sides while we
read, watch TV,<BR>and work on our computers. Every so often they come and lay
their heads in<BR>our laps, toss our elbow with their muzzle or gaze into our
eyes and wait for<BR>us to notice them.<BR><BR>Take a moment now to remember
what they mean to you:<BR>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 things
in life.<BR><BR>Look down at me now, while you sit there at your computer. See
the way my 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.<BR><BR>You
smile<BR>at me; 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?<BR>A spirit
that would forgive all trespasses of prior wrong doing for just a simple moment
of your time? That is all I ask. To slow down, if even for a few minutes, to be
with me.<BR><BR>So many times you have been saddened by the words you read on
that screen,<BR>of others of my kind, passing. Sometimes we die young and oh so
quickly,<BR>sometimes so suddenly it wrenches your heart out of your
throat.<BR>Sometimes, we age so slowly before your eyes that you may not even
seem to know until the very end, when we look at you with grizzled muzzles and
cataract clouded eyes.<BR>Still the love is always there, even when we must take
that long sleep,<BR>to run free in a distant land.<BR><BR>I may not be here
tomorrow; I may not be here next week. Someday you<BR>will shed the water from
your eyes, that humans have when<BR>deep grief fills<BR>their souls, and you
will be angry at yourself that you did not have just<BR>"one more day " with me.
Because I love you so, your sorrow touches my spirit and grieves me.<BR><BR>We
have NOW, together. So come, sit down here next to me on the floor,<BR>and look
deep into my eyes. What do you see? If you look hard and deep<BR>enough we will
talk, you and I, heart to heart. Come to me not as "alpha" or as<BR>"trainer" or
even "Mom or Dad," come to me as a living soul and stroke my<BR>fur and let us
look deep into one another's eyes and talk. I may tell you<BR>something about
the fun of chasing a tennis ball, or I may tell you something<BR>profound about
myself, or even life in general.<BR><BR>You decided to have me in your life
because you wanted a soul to share such<BR>things with. Someone very different
from you, and here I am. I am a dog,<BR>but I am alive. I feel emotion, I feel
physical senses, and I can revel in the<BR>differences<BR>of our spirits and
souls.<BR><BR>I do not think of you as a "Dog on two feet" -- I know what you
are and who<BR>you are. You are human, in all your quirkiness, and I love you
still.<BR><BR>Now, come sit with me, on the floor. Enter my world, and let time
slow<BR>down if only for 15 minutes. Look deep into my eyes, and whisper into my
ears.<BR>Speak with your heart, with your joy, and I will know your true
self.<BR>We may not have tomorrow, but we do have today, and life is oh so very
short.<BR><BR>So please--come sit with me now and let us share these precious
moments we<BR>have together.<BR><BR>- Love, on behalf of canines
everywhere.<BR>Your Dog<BR><BR>Author Unknown <BR><BR><BR></DIV>
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