| Location | East Corinth, Vt Usa |
| Age | 10 years |
| Date of Birth | 01/10/1996 |
| Date of Death | 10/08/2007 |
| Visitors | 403 since 02/09/2009 |
| Creator |
wish I could have told you when you took me to that shelter that day.
I wasn't trying to kill your chickens. I was a big boy in a puppy body. I just wanted someone to play with but I didn't know how big I really was.
I really loved that kitten and wanted so badly to have a friend to play with. I didn't try to kill it. I just wanted to love it.
I wish I could have told you all the mean things you did to me, the beatings, the cattle prod and tying a dead chicken to my collar to teach me a lesson, only broke my spirit, not my desire to have a friend who loved me. To feel wanted and needed. I was a mere baby of 6 months in a big 80 pound body.
I wish I could have told you the very next day a nice lady and her husband came to look at me. They brought their dog so I could meet her too.
I wish I could have told you about the joy I felt when they took me from that cold cell into the wonderful sunshine how good it felt that they took so much time with me to be sure.
I wish I could have told you how nice it was to have another fur friend to play with once they knew I was actually a gentle giant.
I wish I could have told you that I was so scared when they took me out of there, fearing they would bring me back but so enjoying the chance to have a family that actually loved me.
I wish I could have told you of the wonderful home I went to and how much attention and love I was given. How they never tied me to a chain or beat me and fed me good food in my own clean bowl, not stuff thrown on the ground. How I had a wonderful warm soft bed to sleep on with my very own blanket.
I wish I could have told you about my family who felt I was just the best dog they ever had. That they were never mad or mean those first few months when I chewed my mommy's sneakers. How my mommy found out I was terrified of thunder and would tell me never to be afraid because I'd never walk alone again and she'd sing that song to me. After almost a year, my mommy found out all about what you did to me when she found my paperwork with your name on it and called you to tell you I was now in their house and loved very much. You told her about all those things you did to me like it was ok. It wasn't and mom showed me that. She wanted to tell you how mean you were and didn't deserve any animal but she didn't. Instead she promised she would always love me and never let anyone hurt me again. Again she told me I'd never walk alone again. I didn't know what that meant then but I do now.
In the next ten years I wish I could have told you what a wonderful life I've had. My past haunts me but mom always takes the time to let me know she loves me and I'm safe. The wonderful walks we have taken in the woods and being able to sniff and piddle on whatever I want. The many nights snuggling with my mom and dad on the floor by the warm fire. All the wonderful little humans called grandchildren that have blessed my life with love over the last 10 years. The new fur-sister mom rescued that I wasn't quite pleased with at first but found mom still loved me just as much and I now had yet another fur-sister to play with and snuggle with for the next 5 years. My original fur-sister is still here too but she is very old and can't play anymore but still loved to snuggle with me.
I wish I could have told you how mom cried when they told her I had cancer. How she refused to give up and through her strength and love for me I made it through the surgery after removing a 10 pound tumor from my belly. Because she loved me I had almost 4 more years with my beloved family. I somehow know you wouldn't have done the same.
I wish I could have told you that today, after many trips to the nice ladies they call vets, that my time with my family is over. How the cancer has returned and it is more powerful than anything anyone can do for me. How my mommy won't stop crying. It had grown hard to walk and even get comfortable but I had to snuggle my mom to let her know I understood. I have loved her for many years now and her love for me had never faltered. She tried to be strong but I knew she felt helpless when she knew allowing me to continue to do this would only make my life miserable. She wanted more than that for me, her precious baby boy as she called me although at almost 11 years old and 115 pounds, I am hardly a baby anymore. But I was her baby.
Although I couldn't tell you, I thought I would try to let you know my mom was with me to the end. She held my head in her lap as they gave me the first shot. It didn't hurt in fact it relieved my pain. I felt tired but very relaxed just as I had all these years she cared for me. She told me of a beautiful bridge where her other special babies had gone and would be waiting for me and would play with me just as my fur-sister did when I first entered my second chance home with them. She told me their names but said they would know me as they have waited patiently for her to return but would tell me of all the joys and love they had while they too were rescued by her. As my eyes closed one last time, I looked into my mom's eyes so I would always keep that memory of who really loved me.
I wish I could have told you that even with all the horrible things you ever did to me that scarred me for life, the best thing you ever did was to dump me at that shelter hoping they would end my life. Without you doing that, I would have never known what a true family and unconditional love was.
I could never tell you all these things but just before my eyes closed, I told my mom as she sat there with so much love in her broken heart. It wasn't with words, it was with love that I sent to her from my own heart through my eyes. As darkness fell on my world and the Angel's mom promised me appeared to escort me to the bridge, I saw in her eyes that she heard me and knew how very much I loved her too.
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My special boy is gone to be with the Angel's at the bridge. He will be there waiting with Buford, Brigit and LB until it is my time to join them. He is there with our senior girl Copper, who just left us in January and when my little GA girl Emma at 7 also leaves me. I somehow know I will be on this earth much longer than they were allowed to be with me.
To all who have gone before me, all who shall enter my life from this day forward, and those that will leave all too soon, go gently to the bridge sweet babies and know, one day we will be together again to walk through the cool and serene woods, to roll in the grass and to once again snuggle as we did in the past.
xxTaylorxx
Memories of you...
Will stay in my heart forever,
Memories of you...
I will always treasure.
Memories of you...
make me feel warm inside,
Memories of you...
are the love I cannot hide.
Memories of you...
help me through the day,
Memories of you...
will never fade away.
Memories of you...
are beautiful and dear,
They seem to grow still brighter
with every passing year.
Precious words by Sophia Parker
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A GUARDIAN ANGEL
Flew down from above,
To teach me a lesson
About the powers of love.
She whispers to me,
Take a hold of my hand,
There are so many things
I wish you to understand.
About the powers of love,
And all it can do,
To someone who needs
To share it with you.
A pat on the back,
A kind smile on your face,
Can make someone's life,
A much brighter place.
It doesn't take much,
To show someone you care,
To give them the love,
God gave you to share.
So please keep in mind,
All the powers you possess,
To grace someone's life,
When they're in distress.
You've been put on this earth
To bestow the powers of love,
And with those final words,
She disappeared up above.
xxx
TAYLOR
Into Spirit
I see you grieve,
I feel you grieve
But I am with you.
And will stay, til you laugh
When remembering the fun
We had in all those years.
Thank you for the courage to let me go,
No more weary, no more pain,
I am with you, you will feel me
My cold nose, my waving tail.
You will see my smiling mouth and shining fur,
You will hear my happy voice.
I can run now, I can play now
With all my family and my friends.
But I will love you and I will watch you
Til we meet again.
A Woodland Place
A woodland place full of dreams,
A mossed bank and bluebells,
Grey ashes floating down
Sinking into browned rich earth,
Spirit soft bodies,
Happy eyes waving tails
Cold noses pressed into our hands
There and all around, easing grief,
In soft warm, warm spring air.
Unknown
Should you go first
Should you go first and I remain
To walk the road alone,
I'll live in memories' garden
With happy days we've known.
In Spring I'll wait for roses red,
When faded, the lilacs blue;
In earl' Fall when brown leaves fall,
I'll catch a glimpse of you.
Should you go first and I remain,
For battles to be fought,
Each thing you've touched
Along the way,
Will be a hallowed spot.
I'll hear your bark, I'll see your smile,
Though blindly I may grope,
The memory of your helping paws
Will buoy me on with hope.
Should you go first and I remain
One thing I'll have to do,
Walk slowly down that long path
For soon I'll follow you.
I want to know each step you take
So I may take the same,
For someday down that lonely road
You'll hear me call your name.
author unknown
Beyond the Rainbow
As much as I loved the life we had and all the times we played,
I was so very tired and knew my time on earth would fade.
I saw a wondrous image then of a place that's trouble-free
Where all of us can meet again to spend eternity.
I saw the most beautiful Rainbow, and on the other side
Were meadows rich and beautiful -- lush and green and wide!
And running through the meadows as far as the eye could see
Were animals of every sort as healthy as could be!
My own tired, failing body was fresh and healed and new
And I wanted to go run with them, but I had something left to do.
I needed to reach out to you, to tell you I'm alright
That this place is truly wonderful, then a bright Glow pierced the night.
'Twas the Glow of many Candles shining bright and strong and bold
And I knew then that it held your love in its brilliant shades of gold.
For although we may not be together in the way we used to be,
We are still connected by a cord no eye can see.
So whenever you need to find me, we're never far apart
If you look beyond the Rainbow and listen with your heart.
(Written by CG - 1995)
TAYLOR WITH LOVE
I have loved you for as long as I can remember
but now you obey a different master.
You hear a new voice, you greet a new face.
Carry my love and joy in your heart
I am but a memory now.
My gentle touch, our favorite games
no longer required to complete the day.
Your suffering gone, the pain relieved
they are but memories now.
Carry my friendship in your heart
until the day we play again.
Envy the Sun
by Jason Silverthorne
Even the sun with its golden rays
Reaches out to you at the end of the day
To hold you in its warm embrace
And tenderly touch your beautiful face
It covers you in its shimmering glow
To caress you gently before it goes
Then falls at last upon your lips
As if to give you a good night kiss
So I tell you, I envy the sun
For all those things which it has done
While all there is for me to do
Is await the night so I can dream of you.
TAYLOR ANGEL IN FUR
In Memory of Spirit Helpers♥♥♥
In Memory of all our pets
who we know are more than just furry friends.
With the knowing look they tell us♥
that they are reading our thoughts,
feeling our pain,
loving us unconditionally.♥
They force us to be present,
to pay attention,
these deliverers of messages.♥
For all our friends in the Animal tribe,
here on the Good Red Road,
and those who have taken the Blue Road of Spirit,
Thank you;♥
And one day, when it comes time for us to drop our robe and take that Journey,
there they will be, waiting faithfully to greet us once again.♥
- Rev. Marianne Goldweber
"Paw Prints In The Sand"
By Phyllis Ann Min
With my pal gone
My side is bare
Just looking down
She is not there.
A heavy heart,
A saddened soul
A weight of passage
Tears untold.
Now all alone
I feel the space
Where oft my friend
Would lick my face.
Yet life goes on.
God’s outstretched hand
Sends hope through paw prints
In the sand.
Precious Love
The agony is so great...
and yet I will stand it.
Had I not loved so very much...
I would not hurt so much.
But God knows I would not want to diminish
that precious love...
By one fraction of an ounce.
I will hurt...
And I will be grateful for that hurt
For it bears witness to the depth of my love.
And for that I will be eternally grateful.
AUTHOR:UNKNOWN
TAYLOR
I'll never wander out of your sight-
I'm the brightest star on a summer night.
I'll never be beyond your reach-
I'm the warm moist sand when you're at the beach.
I'm the colorful leaves when fall comes around
and the pure white snow that blankets the ground.
I'm the beautiful flowers of which you're so fond,
The clear cool water in a quiet pond.
I'm the first bright blossom you'll see in the spring,
The first warm raindrop that April will bring.
I'm the first ray of light when the sun starts to shine,
and you'll see that the face in the moon is mine.
When you start thinking there's no one to love,
you can talk to me through the Lord above you.
I'll whisper my answer through the leaves on the trees,
and you'll feel my presence in the soft summer breeze.
I'm the hot salty tears that flow when you weep
and the beautiful dreams that come while you sleep.
I'm the smile you see on a child’s face.
Just look for me, friend, I'm everyplace!
~~Author Unknown
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