I only wanted you

They say memories are golden,
well maybe it's true,
I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.

A million times I miss you,
a million times I cry,
If love alone could have saved you,
you would have never died.

In life I loved you dearly,
In death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place,
no pup could ever fill.

It broke my heart to loose you,
but you did not go alone,
For part of me went with you,
the day God called you home.

Your memory is my keepsake,
with which I'll never part,
God has you in his keeping,
but I have you in my heart.

If tears could build a stairway,
and heartache make a lane,
I'd walk the path to heaven,
and bring you back again.

Our family chain is broken,
and nothing seems the same,
but as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.
Home
Savannah Farms Sweet Chloe "Chloe"
11/16/2000  -  11/04/2004
Icees of the Blue Nile
"Ice"
July 18, 1996 - February 10, 2006
ETERNAL GUARDIAN

At the closing of this day
When daylight ceased and nighttime came
To cloak the pastures in soft dreaming tones
My dear guardian left my side.

Gone to guard those who went before her,
Leaving me behind.

To that gentle spirit who graced my life
I give my whispered thanks and murmuring of love.

Guarding me no longer, but eternally guarding my soul.
Takoda's Zak Attack
"Zak"
Dec 14, 2007 - August 11, 2008
I will lend to you for a while, a pup, God said,
For you to love him while he lives and mourn for him when he's dead.
Maybe for twelve or fourteen years, or maybe two or three
But will you, 'til I call him back, take care of him for me.

He'll bring his charms to gladden you and should his stay be brief,
You'll always have his memories as solace for your grief.
I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return
But there are lessons taught below I want this pup to learn.

I've looked the whole world over in search of teachers true
And from the folk that crowd life's land I have chosen you.
Now will you give him all your love nor think the labor vain,
Nor hate me when I come to take my Pup back again.

I fancied that I heard them say "Dear Lord Thy Will be Done,"
For all the joys this Pup will bring, the risk of grief we'll run.
We'll shelter him with tenderness, we'll love him while we may
And for the happiness we've known forever grateful stay .

But should you call him back much sooner than we've planned,
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes, and try to understand.
If, by our love, we've managed, your wishes to achieve
In memory of him we loved, to help us while we grieve.

When our faithful bundle departs this world of strife,
We'll have yet another Pup and love him all his life.