In Loving Memory
of . . .
Ace
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Can Ch Cherry Hills Ace's N Eights
11/05/95-4/28/00
Dear Lord, please open your gates and call St Francis to come escort this beloved companion across the Rainbow Bridge.
Assign him to a place of honor, for he has been a faithful friend and has always done the best to please us.
Grant us the strength not to dwell on our loss.
Help us remember the details of his life, with the love he has shown us.
And grant us the courage to honor him by sharing those memories with others.
Let him remember us as well and let him know that we will always love him.
And when it's our time to pass over into your paradise please allow him to accompany those who will bring us home.
Thank you Lord, for the gift of his companionship and for the time we've had together.
And thank you, Lord for granting us the understanding to know he is with you now.
Brandy Duckworth
We'd like to express our gratitude to Kelly Shoulders for her dedication of a beautiful white oak tree in honor of Ace
Webmaster's note: While my heart breaks each time I've added an addition to this page, this one was one of the hardest. Over the last 4 years I had gotten to "know" Ace through Lois & Jim's stories and pictures. He will be missed by many. However, knowing he will be there someday to greet my Mooie when her time comes, gives me some comfort. Jim & Lois: Thanks for sharing this beautiful boy with us!!
CC
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Cherry Hill's Carbon Copy "C.C."
11/7/96-6/22/00.
C.C. was the loved companion to Bob Melville and best buddies with her housemate Kermit. C.C. was diagnosed with amyloidosis early in the year and outlived the vet's estimation by several months.
C.C.'s life with Bob was filled with love and it was with love that Bob let her cross the Rainbow Bridge to a place where there is no pain and illness.
She will be missed and always remembered with love.
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Pokey
9/29/00
Sadly we had to put down our beloved Pokey cat today. She had a baseball sized tumor in her abdomen and fluid around her lungs, making it difficult for her to breathe. She went peacefully with Mom holding her to the end. She lived a good, long life (17 years) and was our puppy socializer and great with our rescues (as seen above with Ted). She is waiting, I know, at the Rainbow Bridge for me.
Sleep well little one - until we meet again ...
Bubba
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Bubba, CGC, TDI & Certified CSPCA Therapy Dog
12/17/1992 – 2/10/2001
Bubba, your flame still burns bright
As you pass your legacy on you will never be forgotten.To read more about this very special Pei, please click here.
Nito
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Am/Can Ch Shii Tzao
Chili Con Carnito
5/2/1991 - 9/01/2001
"NITO" CROSSED THE BRIDGE TODAY AFTER A BRIEF STRUGGLE WITH CANCER.
This
was very fast acting and aggressive and had it’s onset just a few days ago. He showed no symptoms prior to that time.He left this world with the dignity of the Champion he was.
We will miss him.
Kermit
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KozyHills Keep Em'
Coming
"Kermit"
6/2/96-10/31/01
Kermit became the beloved companion of Bob Melville. He will be missed by all of us and always remembered with love.
Until we meet again little frog man ...
A Letter
From God
I'll lend you for a little time a dog of mine, He said.
For you to love while he lives and mourn when he is dead.
The years, they may be six to ten, or even as few as three.
But will you, till I call him back, take care of him for me?
He'll bring his charms to gladden you, and shall his stay be brief.
You'll have his lovely memories as solace for your grief.
I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return.
But there are lessons taught down there I want this dog to learn.
I've looked the wide world over in my search for masters true.
And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes, I have selected you.
Now will you give him your love, nor think the labor vain.
Nor hate me when I come to call to take him back again?
I fancied that I heard them say, "Dear Lord, Thy will be done.
For all the joy Thy dog shall bring the risk of grief we'll run. We'll
shelter him with tenderness, and love him while we may. And for
the happiness we'll know, we'll ever grateful stay."
"But shall the angels call for him much sooner than we planned.
We'll know the bitter grief that comes....and try to understand"
Author Unknown
A Living Love
If you ever love an animal, there are three days in your life you will always remember . . .
The first is a day, blessed with happiness, when you bring home your young new friend. You may have spent weeks deciding on a breed. You may have asked numerous opinions of many vets, or done long research in finding a breeder. Or, perhaps in a fleeting moment, you may have just chosen that silly looking mutt in a shelter -- simply because something in its eyes reached your heart. But when you bring that chosen pet home, and watch it explore, and claim its special place in your hall or front room -- and when you feel it brush against you for the first time -- it instills a feeling of pure love you will carry with you through the many years to come.
The second day will occur eight or nine or ten years later. It will be a day like any other. Routine and unexceptional. But, for a surprising instant, you will look at your longtime friend and see age where you once saw youth. You will see slow deliberate steps where you once saw energy. And you will see sleep when you once saw activity. So you will begin to adjust your friend's diet -- and you may add a pill or two to her food. And you may feel a growing fear deep within yourself, which bodes of a coming emptiness. And you will feel this uneasy feeling, on and off, until the third day finally arrives.
And on this day -- if your friend and whatever higher being you believe in have not decided for you, then you will be faced with making a decision of your own -- on behalf of your lifelong friend, and with the guidance of your own deepest Spirit. But whichever way your friend eventually leaves you -- you will feel as alone as a single star in the dark night. If you are wise, you will let the tears flow as freely and as often as they must. And if you are typical, you will find that not many in your circle of family or friends will be able to understand your grief, or comfort you. But if you are true to the love of the pet you cherished through the many joy-filled years, you may find that a soul -- a bit smaller in size than your own -- seems to walk with you, at times, during the lonely days to come.
And at moments when you least expect anything out of the ordinary to happen, you may feel something brush against your leg -- very, very lightly. And looking down at the place where your dear, perhaps dearest, friend used to lie -- you will remember those three significant days. The memory will most likely be painful, and leave an ache in your heart -- As time passes the ache will come and go as if it has a life of its own. You will both reject it and it may confuse you. If you reject it, it will depress you. If you embrace it, it will deepen you. Either way, it will still be an ache.
But there will be, I assure you, a fourth day when -- along with the memory of your pet -- and piercing through the heaviness in your heart -- there will come a realization that belongs only to you. It will be as unique and strong as our relationship with each animal we have loved, and lost. This realization takes the form of a Living Love -- like the heavenly scent of a rose that remains after the petals have wilted, this Love will remain and grow -- and be there for us to remember. It is a love we have earned. It is the legacy our pets leave us when they go. And it is a gift we may keep with us as long as we live. It is a Love which is ours alone. And until we ourselves leave, perhaps to join our Beloved Pets -- it is a Love we will always possess.
by Martin Scot Kosins
It is an unfortunate fact that our beloved pets are taken from us "much sooner than we planned." The following pages are dedicated to all of those that have had a pet pass on to Rainbow Bridge!
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