Monday Memories

Samantha, 

you will always be in my heart! I love you and I miss you....

Thinking of You...

I wanted to share a poem with all of you who have lost a dear furfriend. The recent passing of Sam from "How Sam Sees It" really made me think of my Samantha even more. I remembered receiving this poem from Newton's (also Angel Farley) mom last year when I lost my dearest Samantha. It is very touching and it makes me cry each time I read it.
So here is to all our Angels at the Rainbow Bridge: Angel Samantha, Angel Sam, Angel Farley, Angel Merdie, Angel Thunder, Angel Tucker, Angel Mango, Angel Maxdog, Angel Dakota, Angel Honey, Angel K (please feel free to add any Angels you can think of in your comments)....we miss you so much and we know you are all watching over us.

To my dearest family,
some things I'd like to say.
But first of all, to let you know,
that I arrived okay.

I'm writing this from the Bridge.
Here I dwell with God above.
Here there's no more tears of sadness.
Here is just eternal love.

Please do not be unhappy
just because I'm out of sight.
Remember that I am with you
every morning, noon and night.

That day I had to leave you
when my life on earth was through,
God picked me up and hugged me
and He said, "I welcome you.

It's good to have you back again,
you were missed while you were gone.
As for your dearest family,
They'll be here later on."

God gave me a list of things,
that he wished for me to do.
And foremost on the list,
was to watch and care for you.

And when you lie in bed at night
the day's chores put to flight,
God and I are closest to you...
in the middle of the night.

When you think of my life on earth,
and all those loving years,
because you are only human,
they are bound to bring you tears.

But do not be afraid to cry,
it does relieve the pain.
Remember there would be no flowers,
unless there was some rain.

I wish that I could tell you
all that God has planned.
If I were to tell you,
you wouldn't understand.

But one thing is for certain,
though my life on earth is o'er.
I'm closer to you now,
than I ever was before.

There are rocky roads ahead of you
and many hills to climb;
But together we can do it
by taking one day at a time.

It was always my philosophy
and I'd like it for you too;
That as you give unto the world,
the world will give to you.

If you can help somebody
who's in sorrow and pain;
Then you can say to God at night...
"My day was not in vain."

And now I am contented...
that my life was worthwhile.
Knowing as I passed along
I made somebody smile.

So if you meet somebody
who is sad and feeling low;
Just lend a hand to pick him up,
as on your way you go.

When you're walking down the street
with me on your mind;
I'm walking in your footsteps
only half a step behind.

And when it's time for you to go...
from that body to be free.
Remember you're not going...
you're coming here to me.

Still Missing You...

My dear Samantha,

A year had quickly passed by but one thing remains the same, I miss you just as much each and every day. There is not a day I do not think of you. I wish that you are still here with us. I wish that I can cuddle with you and hug you. I wish that you are here to play tug-of-war with me. I wish that you can see how big your little brofur had grown. I wish that you are here to play with June and to tease her like you used to do.

I love you dearly and I miss you.

Love,
Mom

Golden Samantha

Dear Samantha,
Happy Birthday my little Angel. Today would have been your 8th birthday. There is not a day I don't think of you. I remembered seeing the first picture of you from the breeder. I picked you out right away because you had on my favorite color.

From the moment you came into our home, you brought us lots of emotions. Your silliness and goofiness brought us laughter. Your rare and random mischieviousness brought us anger at the time but made us laugh afterwards. You brought us joy and happiness but most of all you brought us your love.

I wish that you are here to see how much your little brofur had grown. You would have loved to play with him. Seeing him playing with June sometimes bring me sadness knowing that he doesn't have a chance to get to play with you. I bet you two would be best tug-of-war buddies!

There is so much I want to say to you. I wish I had spent more time with you. I wish I hadn't told you to get out of my face when all you wanted to do was to play but I was tired. I wish I had taken you more often to your favorite camping spot. If only I could turn back time...

I know you are now safe and happy at The Rainbow Bridge and that you will always look out for your family. I love you very much and I missed you even more!

Love,

Mom

Golden Friday

Hello friends,

It has been almost 4 months since the passing of my sweet Samantha. There is not one day I do not think of her. She held a special place in my heart and in our family.
Today I am sharing with you a picture that was given to us by a friend. When our friend found out about Samantha, her daughter immediately asked for a photo of Samantha. She wanted to draw a picture for us. The picture she drew is beautiful and it means a lot to us!

We have decided to hang the picture near our piano. This piano belonged to my husband's late uncle, who meant a lot to him. In the corner of the piano, under the picture, is Samantha's urn.

Golden Friday

I was going through my memory card and saw this picture taken in November of 2011. 

I thought I would share it with you all. I don't remember what was so interesting outside that made the three of them looked out the window at the same time at the moment but I sure am glad that I took this picture. 

Missed you so much Samantha....

Have a great weekend everyone. It's going to be another hot one. I want Fall weather now!

Missing You...

It has been almost 3 weeks now since Samantha's crossing over to the Rainbow Bridge. We are all missing her very much.
Our 17-mo-old boy is learning to talk and is trying to say some words but they don't always sound like the words. Yesterday hubby turned the laptop on and Samantha's picture is the desktop background. Baby boy pointed right at the laptop and said "nana nana". Hubby and I looked at each other and tears just started coming out of our eyes...
June is doing ok. We know she is missing her sisfur as well. We have been spending as much time with her as possible. I must admit, with the born of our son, I felt like the dogs had been negleted at time. With Samantha's passing, I made a promise that I will not keep making excuses that I don't have much time for my dogs. I will take time out and make time to spend with June.

RIP Samantha Jane

Dear friends,

Our beloved Samantha crossed over to the Rainbow Bridge yesterday afternoon. We miss her terribly!!!
It happened so suddenly, we didn't even expect it. Samantha had a tumor that ruptured inside her and she was bleeding inside. The very sad thing is we didn't even know that she had a tumor. She was very lethargic since last week. She would be fince one day and the next she just wouldn't move at all. We finally took her to the vet yesterday and found out about this tragic news. It was the toughest decision we ever had to make in our lives but we know at the Rainbow Bridge she is not in pain or suffering anymore.

Rest In Peace Samantha. We love you and you will be dearly missed!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

p/s: It is getting closer and closer for the little guy's arrival, 2 weeks from today to be exact(schedule section). Thank you everyone for your well wishes. I will try to do another post just before and visit your blogs but I don't get to it, please have yourself a very Merry little Christmas and Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Golden Friday

So, did you guess who dunnit from Tuesday post?

Samantha: It was me!

Samantha: I had such a fun time digging and digging and digging (mom wasn't very happy because she was right there yelling at me not to dig but I just ignored her)

Samantha: My dirt-covered nose and face

Samantha: You are not mad at me, are you mommy?

Mom's note: I don't know what got into her the other day. We were in the backyard playing fetch and all of a sudden Samantha started doing the zoomies and then she proceeded to dig a hole and just kept going. I yelled at her to stop but it was actually pretty funny watching her. I went inside and got the camera and of course when I came back out, she was still digging! We don't normally encourage digging but every once in a while, a dog needs to be a dog and have fun, so they get to do it once every so often. Thank dogness they do not dig regularly. :)

Golden Friday

Golden Friday

Thank you efurryone fur your comments from last Friday. We are doing much better. Mom still has to spray that thing on me(June) and I still run away from her. Sometimes I even hide behind daddy's chair or put my paws up on daddy while he's sitting in his chair and ask him to save me from evil mommy.

Guess mommy must have felt bad for spraying me, she gave me the peanut butter jar!!! Oooo, I love peanut butter!

Samantha is suppose to be on a special diet for her crystal urine, but mom didn't want to leave her out, so she gave Samantha a smear of PB on the lid.

Golden Friday

Sorry we've been MIA for a while. Mom has been slacking in helping us wif uploading photos. We really have to get on her case about that.

A few weeks ago we posted this picture asking if you know who's tail it is. Well, if you guessed June's tail, you are right! It is Junie's fluffy tail! Here's a big kiss from June to all who guessed it right...MMMUUUUAAAAHHHHH!
Well, nothing much to report lately. Mom told you about our new food, which we love!. Samantha wasn't too sure about it at furst but now she loves it.

We both have a little boo boo lately. I(June) have a little infection in the pee-pee area and it's a little swolen. I'm now on antibiotic(oral) and also on spray. I really really do not like the spray because it hurts. When mommy comes close wif the spray, I run away from her.
I(Samantha) have a little crystal in my urine so I'm now on a special diet until it clears. Please keep your paws/fingers crossed fur us fur a speedy recovery.

Have a wonderwoof weekend!

Hugs,
Samantha & June

Golden Friday

Can you guess who's fluffy tail is this?

Golden Friday

Spending a little mommy and me time.

June: Ear scratches from mom is so nice!

June & Mommy & Samantha's butt

June & Mommy

Samantha

Samantha & Mommy

Samantha loves to lay on mommy's belly

Samantha: Listening to my little baby brofur

Golden Friday

Mommy did some spying again...

Samantha: Daddy, are you doing to fill up the pool?

Samantha: I see water in there!

June: Samantha, there is water in here!

June: Thanks daddy!

Samanthat: I'ma go swimmin'

June: You go see what daddy is going and I'll stay here and keep cool

YD: The girls were just hanging out while hubby was getting a fire going for dinner