A little belated... but I just couldn't write this until now.

Goodbye Brindle...
Goodbye to my Puppy-kins.
The last of the line of Gator.
John's pick of the litter, the underdog, our runt puppy.
Some knew you as Friendle.
You were a tunnel-hound, jazz-howler, protector, comforter, and one of the best dogs ever.
December 26th 2001- October 16th 2007


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How do you begin a post like this?

Most anyone locally has heard something of this story (http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070319/NEWS/703190338/1134 ) which is probably most accurate in this updated story though not wholly correct in my opinion.

I know this isn't the first mention of this in my LJ, but it is the first since I' ( Read more... )

One Candle

There would be a
Sparkle in your eyes
When I lit it,
The first candle.
Eyes I’ll never see.

Laughter,
A day should have been
Filled with your laughter;
Silence echoes
In my soul.

I wake each day
And think about
What should be,
Each milestone
I will miss,
Every memory
I’ll never have.

My hands empty
Of yours,
Arms aching
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To better explain the last entry...

The neighborhood we have moved to is much worse than where we lived before, even though the distance between is only a few blocks. The "fenced in yard" was not really fenced in. The privacy fence had long since fallen down and people who used the yard to access the alley behind the house had been removed by ( Read more... )