Waiting For Me At The Rainbow Bridge, One spunky coragous little Poodle Options

[Flossie's Mom]

Dottie.........

How beautiful those pictures are and the poem is perfect.............. Yes, we will be on the road again and together.

We have a bit milder day tomorrow so I am busy packing up for that trip and hope to get out of here tomorrow afternoon.

The snow is so deep in our yard that we have to leave our van at the end of the driveway (1/4 mi). Have to load up on the tractor & drive our stuff down there. Then drain everything out & shut down for the winter. Don't want to come back to a flooded trailer next spring!

And we will bring Flossie back with us too............

Thanks so much for your words of comfort Dottie as well as the picture frames & poem.

[Flossie's Mom]

Moon Beam....

Yes, I agree about it being comforting to have Flossie with me again. I do feel she knows we are headed back to the home she's known for so long. Although she did enjoy our time spent out on the farm where she could soak up the sun and fresh air without being on a leash.

My sister-in-law lived here many years and Flossie loved seeing her every summer. She would march into the house & right to where Darlene would put her water dish whenever we visited. She really missed Darlene the past 2 summers as she had passed away.... the water dish was not on the rug waiting for her! Although we didn't visit Darlene on the farm since she had moved to town, it seemed Flossie could feel something special on this farm all summer.

Thanks for your thoughts and wishes for a safe trip home. We hope to leave tomorrow. Flossies ashes was the only thing we were waiting for to begin our trip.

[Flossie's Mom]

Today is 2 weeks Flossie since your physical being left us. But we have a part of you with us in our hearts as well is in the urn we picked up on Tuesday. We waited for you so you could return with us to NC. Oh how we wish you could be along as so many times before we traveled this road together. We know you are but not the way we would have prefered. Our comfort now comes knowing you can walk again, run again, see & hear like when you were young.

Sending our love today and everyday along with a picture of you on your 17th Birthday.

Mom, Dad, WeeBee, Mr. Jingles
Michelle, Savannah & Fat Boy too................

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[Flossie's Mom]

Miss Flossie.............

Missing you lots today. Wish you were here.

[Flossie's Mom]

5 weeks today Flossie and missing you as much as the first day.

The neighborhood kids have asked about you when they see I do not walk you up the block and back several times a day. I tried to tell them that we did a make over and straightened your hair & dyed it red........ (I had WeeBee with me)

I hope they have McDonalds water where you are now. Oh, how you loved the sausage biscuits & McDonalds water on our trips

Love you Miss Flossie............

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[Flossie's Mom]

Another Thursday with out you my wonderful Miss Floss!

I miss you tons. I hope you have found Darlene. I know she will take care of you till I get there.

We are OK here even though we miss you and talk about you often. It is not the same without you but WeeBee & Jingles try to keep us entertained.

I found a video of you yesterday but have not played it yet. Have been searching the original of one of my favorite pictures of you as well as any others to get organized for your book and CD. Imagine me getting organized huh? Not an easy task but I'm trying.

I love you.... be a good girl.

Mom

[myhrtisbrkn]

Ginger

I can see Flossie was a wonderful traveling companion. Maybe she has met my dear old Mack...he adored a road-trip...and he is accustomed to having a sweet, pretty, girl to accompany him.

Thinking of you and Flossie today,
Dayna

[Flossie's Mom]

Dayna,

She was quite the traveler the last few years. We had a close call when someone pulled out in front of me when she was very young & for years she was a basket case in the car after that incident. If she was in the pickup, she kept her eyes & ears on the gear shift and if there was any noise change in the engine at all she was very nervous. I really hated that as she had loved to ride in the car before that.

Our first long trip took her 3 days t settle down. She litterly did not rest until we stopped. But after that 3 days she was a great traveler for the next 8 years. Unless we were going to the groomer & somehow she knew.

I hope she has met Mack & they are great traveling buddies.

I sure do miss her...................

[myhrtisbrkn]

Ginger ,

That reminds me of a story about our little Louie dog. He was a little guy I picked up out of the street...hit by car...fractured pelvis. That vet bill was the best money I ever spent on myself.

Anyway, Louie was a great traveler, until one day we were out driving around the back-roads and we went over a cattle guard... He was never the same again. Thereafter, he cowered underneath my ( or whoever was in the passenger seat) legs when we were in the car. He would come out only when it was obvious we were coming to a town, or home, or a pit stop. We were very sad about that. We tried everything we could think of to help him get over it, but he never did.

love to Jingles, and Weeb.
Dayna

[Flossie's Mom]

Dayna,

Sounds so much like how Flossie was. For 8 years she was awful about a car ride. So that first time we were taking her over 2,000 miles one way, we knew it would be a real challenge. She shook & panted for 3 days. When the car that caused our problem pulled out onto the 4 lane, crossed over & got right in front of me rather than the open lane, I had to slam on the brakes & head for the ditch. She was on the floor peacefully sleeping & my purse & overnight case fell on her. She would not get off my lap for the rest of the trip & was a wreck. We tried everything too.

She did finally get over it somewhat and was ok to travel for the long trips we took. Around town it seemed like if we stopped somewhere & walked her, she would then calm down a little bit so we could have less of the shaking & panting. On Sunday's we took her to McDonalds for a biscuit & she loved the ice water from there.

How different they each are and how much we love them in spite of therir quirkey ways.......... both past and present.

[toonie]

How different they each are and how much we love them in spite of their quirkey ways.......... both past and present.

Somehow, each of them has a most unique way to enter our hearts and souls. Take care dear Flossie's Mom, thanks for sharing your sweet memories, you have a very good heart and Flossie was blessed to have you.

[Flossie's Mom]

Yes Toonie, they do each have a unique way of entering our hearts.

I am grateful to have had her for so long and have been loved so unconditionally by her. I do know she was lucky to have had me as her Mom, but I was the truly lucky one to have had her in my life for 17-1/2 years. I never hesitated to do whatever was medically possible for her several times even though the cost was sometimes difficult to handle. Many would have put her down at the first problem when she was only 3-1/2. I knew she had the will to walk again & she did not disappoint me. The money spent on her over the years was a good investment and I have never regretted a dime of it.

Although I absolutely LOVE my new best buddy, Mr. Jingles I miss her like crazy........................

[myhrtisbrkn]

Ginger,

That's exactly how we felt about Sadie. And though she never did walk again (unassisted), she never seemed to know she was handicapped, she was happy, and brave. And we wouldn't have traded anything for the additional two years we had with her.

So, here's to our spunky girls Flossie and Sadie,
We will love them forever,
Dayna