Poem For All Of Us, Heaven And Earth Options

[smokey/lady/max]

To all of us here on Lighting-Strike I just wanted to write us a little poem



Heaven And Earth

You are our angels from Heaven above
Oh how we all here send you our love

As we sit here on Earth each and everyday
Our love and memories of you will never stray

Our hearts are so empty and filled with greif
Its just because we miss you, and are still in disbeleive

Life here on Earth just wont be the same
Because you cant come, when we call your name

When you came into our lives and our home
We sure didn't think of how it would be without you and alone

Our hearts are so empty and filled with pain
But we all must remember that you are now heavens gain

Oh the feeling of guilt, is the hardest to except and understand
We must believe we did it out of love and with gods helping hand

You may not be here with us in body,but you are in spirit and soul
So we all must remember that and make it our goal

So as the days turn into months, and then turn to years
We must remember that you are with us and wipe away our tears

Heaven as we see it, is a beautiful place
Just because when we think of it we see your face

As to you our precious one, who has left us behind
We will see you again its just going to take a little time

To all of our sweet angels in heaven above
Your parents here on Earth send you our love

Your parting from Earth has brought us togther
We will all share your memories with each other forever

Living without you is going to be tuff
There will be a bond between Heaven And Earth
And it is called us

With ALL Our Love
Special hugs and Kisses Max
From Mommy

[smokey/lady/max]

Sharon you are quite welcome I know all the pain that all of us here feel. I know that I am not alone that is why I wanted to write a poem for all of us. I just wish at times I could feel happy knowing that my max is truely pain free and in a better place. I couldnt let him suffer, but never expected to feel this much guilt or pain setting him free. One day I hope to except that what I did was the right thing. We are all on a slow journey but hopefully we will make it to our desination.

Looking forward to finding our on peace
Anna xoxo

[ladywolf]

Hi Anna and everyone:

You said in your last post: We are all on a slow journey but hopefully we will make it to our desination.

I totally understand what you mean, and thought you might appreciate the words I have hanging on my wall, from the days when I used to live on the road:

How long the road is.
But for all the time the journey has already taken
How you have needed every second of it
In order to learn what the road passes by...

This suggests to me that the process is what is most important, not the destination. We learn from every day that we hurt--we learn about love and loss and gain and being brave and recovering, and it's a slow gradual process with lots of twists and turns and even back-tracks along the way. I look at Ladywolf right now, thoroughly satisfied after another wonderful dinner, and I think, "It's all been a journey, and it will continue to be a journey all the way through her passing, and the time after that too...and on to the next adventure..." (I can say this now calmly, after cracking up in my counselor's office today over Ladywolf and money stress, and having to take a tranquilizer in order to be able to even continue to speak! So I don't have it all THAT together--I'm just in the aftermath period right now, I guess...But I do love the words I quoted above.)

Keep the faith, everyone. Time WILL heal.

My nine dogs, by the way, were in three different generations (and what a mixed bag they were!) I always had at least two, and often three or even four. That's why I have so many beloveds waiting for me in doggie heaven!

Margi and the Wolf