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Memories of APRIL LOUISE

APRIL CAME TO US 16 YEARS AGO FROM THE POUND AS AN ABUSED LITTLE GIRL. SHE HAD A FRACTURED HIP WHICH HAD FORMED A NEW JOINT. THAT MEANT THAT ONE OF HER BACK LEGS WAS AN INCH AND A HALF SHORTER THAN THE OTHER. OUR VET BELIEVED SHE HAD BEEN KICKED. THESE THINGS NEVER BOTHERED HER ONCE WE ADOPTED HER INTO OUR HOME AND MADE HER ONE OF OUR MOST PRIZE POSSESSIONS. SHE WAS THE BOSS, THE QUEEN, AND RAN OUR HOUSE THE WAY SHE WANTED IT RAN. ALL OF THESE THINGS MADE HER MORE ENDEARING TO US. WHAT A LIFE WE HAD WITH HER!!!! NEVER A DULL MOMENT. FOR THE 16 YEARS SHE WAS WITH US, SHE HATED ALL MEN AND WOULD RUN AND HIDE WHEN A MAN WOULD COME INTO OUR HOME. HOWEVER, SHE ADORED MY HUSBAND AND SAW ON HIS LAP EVERY EVENING WHILE HE WATCHED TV. SHE REALLY DID HAVE A WONDERFUL LIFE FOR THE 16 YEARS WITH US AND BECAUSE OF HER AND HER SPECIAL WAYS, OUR LIVES BECAME MORE PRECIOUS. WE BOTH MISS HER NOW AND WILL MISS HER FOREVER. WE PLAN TO HOLD AND PET HER AND LOVE HER WHEN WE MEET HER AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE. 1/26/2006 HELLO, MY PRECIOUS BABY GIRL. YOU ARE ALWAYS WITH ME BECAUSE I CARRY YOU FOREVER IN MY HEART. I KNOW THAT YOU AND ELVIS AND LITTLE BIT AND BUCKY HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF OUR DEAR, SWEET CHESTER. YOU CAN STILL BE THE BOSS. JUST BE WITH HIM AND SHOW HIM AROUND AND COMFORT HIM AS YOU HAVE COMFORTED ME WHEN YOU WERE HERE WITH ME AND KNEW THAT I WAS SAD. YOU WERE MY SPECIAL BABY THAT I KNOW GOD SENT TO ME. YOU ARE FOREVER ALIVE AND WELL IN MY HEART. I MISS YOU AND HAVE YOUR ASHES IN A SPECIAL PLACE WHERE I KNOW THAT YOU ARE SAFE. I LOVE YOU, MY BABY, TAKE CARE OF CHESTER FOR ME UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. LOVE, MAMA 02/16/2006 HI, MY ANGEL. I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU STILL. I FOUND ONE OF YOUR SWEATERS THE OTHER DAY THAT I HAD PUT AWAY BECAUSE IT WAS TOO HARD TO LOOK AT AFTER YOU LEFT ME, BUT WHEN I TOOK IT OUT AND HUGGED IT, I REMEMBER HOW MANY TIMES YOU WORE IT AND IN MY MIND I COULD STILL SEE AND SMELL YOU. YOU WERE SO PRECIOUS AND MAKE SUCH A WONDERFUL IMPACT ON MY LIFE. YOUR MEMORIES ARE STILL ALL OVER MY ROOM. YOU WILL NEVER REALLY LEAVE ME BECAUSE I KEEP YOU SAFE AND WELL IN MY HEART. CHESTER AND ELVIS ARE THERE WITH YOU NOW. TAKE CARE OF THEM. SEE YOU SOON, MY BABY. MISS ME SOME. LOVE, MAMA 04/02/2006 I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU THIS MORNING AND HOPING YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT ME TO. I STILL MISS YOU SO MUCH, MY PRECIOUS ANGEL. YOU WERE SO DELIGHTFUL TO HAVE AROUND BECAUSE OF YOU SWEET FACE AND LOVING EYES. YOU RULED OUR HOUSE AND EVERYONE IN IT, BUT WE DIDN'T MIND BECAUSE WE KNEW YOU LOVED US ALL. I KNOW THAT SOMEDAY I WILL BE WITH YOU ALL AGAIN AND WE CAN TAKE UP JUST WHERE WE LEFT OFF, LOVING AND CARING FOR EACH OTHER. YOU MADE THE HARD TIMES EASY FOR ME. WISH YOU WERE HERE NOW. I AM HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME DEALING WITH ALL THE LOSSES I HAVE HAD RECENTLY. I KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD MY BLUE DAYS AND HOW TO MAKE ME SMILE. KEEP SAFE, STAY WITH YOUR BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS. WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER SOON. LOVE YOU TIL THE DAY I DIE. LOVE, MAMA 04/19/2006 HI, MY SWEET BABY. I MISS YOU A WHOLE LOT THIS MONTH BECAUSE I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I PICKED YOU FROM THE POUND AND HOW PRECIOUS YOU WERE. YOU LOVED ME BECAUSE I SAVED YOU FROM CERTAIN DEATH AND I LOVED YOU BECAUSE I NEEDED A SWEETHEART LIKE YOU IN MY LIFE. YOU TOOK OVER MY HEART AND EASED YOUR WAY INTO MY LIFE FOREVER. WHAT A PRECIOUS BABY YOU WERE! I HAVE YOUR ASHES AND YOUR FAVORITE BLUE SWEATER WITH YOU NAME ON IT SURROUNDED BY TONS OF YOUR PICTURES. WHAT A DIFFERENCE YOU MADE IN MY LIFE. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU BECAUSE YOUR MEMORIES ARE SAFE IN MY HEART. I KNOW YOU ARE HAPPY, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER AGAIN, WE WILL BOTH BE HAPPY BEYOUND BELIEF. SO MY BABY, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, PLAY, JUMP, LOVE, AND MISS ME SOME. LOVE, MAMA 06/15/06 HI, BABY GIRL. SOMEONE VISITED YOU TODAY AND SENT ME THE SWEETEST SYMPATHY CARD. YES, MY BABY, YOU ARE STILL ALIVE HERE IN MY HEART AND AMONG ALL MY MEMORIES. I KNOW YOU ARE WELL AND HAPPY AND WAITING FOR ME. IT HAS BEEN OVER 7 YEARS SINCE YOU LEFT ME, BUT I LOVE YOU AS MUCH TODAY AND I DID WHEN YOU WERE WITH ME HERE ON EARTH. I KNOW THAT EVERYTIME I LOSE ONE OF MY BELOVED BABIES, YOU ARE THERE TO WELCOME THEM. I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU, SWEETIE. WAIT FOR ME. LOVE, MAMA 09/14/2006 WELL SWEET BABY ANOTHER DAY HAS GONE BY AND I STILL THINK OF YOU AND WHAT A JOY AND PLEASURE YOU BROUGHT INTO MY LIFE. YOU WERE WITH ME FOR A LONG TIME AND I TREASURE EVERY MEMORY. OF COURSE, YOUR PICTURES ARE EVERYWHERE IN MY HOUSE, BUT I DON'T NEED THEM BECAUSE I CAN REMEMBER EVERY INCH OF YOUR LITTLE BODY. YOU WERE SO MISTREATED UNTIL I RESCUED YOU. YOU ALWAYS KNEW I LOVED YOU AND MADE YOU HAPPY, JUST AS YOU LOVED ME AND MADE MY HEART FILL WITH JOY WHEN I WOULD COME HOME AND YOU WERE THERE TO MEET ME, KNOWING THAT I LOVED YOU. I KNOW YOU WILL NEVER FORGET ME AND WHEN WE MEET AGAIN, WE WILL BOTH BE HAPPY FOREVER. SLEEP WELL, PLAY WITH YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND SAVE A SPOT FOR ME ON THE BED. LOVE, MAMA 10/11/2006 IT IS ALMOST HALLOWEEN, MY SWEET LITTLE GIRL. YOU HATED HALLOWEEN BECAUSE OF ALL THE STRANGERS WHO CAME TO OUR DOOR. YOU HATED PEOPLE BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY HAD DONE TO YOU. YOU LOVED YOUR MAMA AND DADDY AND ALL YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, BUT YOU JUST COULD NOT TRUST OTHERS. WHERE YOU ARE NOW IS SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE WHERE YOU LOVE EVERYONE. NO ONE WILL EVER HURT YOU AGAIN. SLEEP WELL BECAUSE YOU ARE SAFE AND LOVED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN. SEE YOU SOON. LOVE, MAMA 11/13/06 MY SWEET, PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRL, OH, HOW I STILL MISS YOU. I THINK ABOUT YOU ALOT AND AM GLAD THAT I BROUGHT YOU HOME TO LIVE WITH US FROM THAT COLD, HARD SHELTER FLOOR. YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE UNLOVED AFTER THAT BECAUSE WE SHOWED YOU HOW MUCH WE LOVED YOU EACH AND EVERYDAY. TAKE CARE AND DON'T FORGET ME. LOVE, MAMA 12/01/06 TODAY I SENT YOU A SWEET GOAT BY THE NAME OF HARRY. HE WAS VERY OLD AND WAS VERY TIRED. I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE SWEET TO HIM AND TAKE CARE OF HIM. I MISS YOU, MY BABY, SO TO KEEP HARRY FROM MISSING ME, PLEASE STAY BY HIS SIDE AND TELL HIM HOW HAPPY AND CONTENT AND HEALTHY YOU ARE. LET HIM KNOW THAT I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIM AND MISS HIM. LOVE, MAMA 12/27/2006 CHRISTMAS HAS COME AND GONE AND I'M SO GLAD BECAUSE I HATE THE HOLIDAYS WITHOUT YOU. I CAN REMEMBER THE TONS OF PRESENTS YOU GOT FROM EVERYONE THAT KNEW ABOUT YOU. MOST OF THEM WERE SWEATERS OR COATS OR T-SHIRTS BECAUSE THEY KNEW YOU LOVED TO DRESS UP. MOSTLY YOU WERE COLD ALL THE TIME. GUESS THAT HAD TO DO WITH YOUR PAST BEFORE YOU BECAME MY BABY. SWEET APRIL, I MISS YOU SO MUCH AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE WE SHARED. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY BABY WHETHER YOU ARE HERE OR NOT. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, BUT I KNOW YOU ARE HAPPY WHERE YOU ARE. YOU HOLD ON TIGHT TO LITTLE BIT, BUCKY, CHESTER, AND ELVIS AND ALL YOUR OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT HAVE JOINED YOU. WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER SOON, NEVER TO PART. BYE FOR NOW, MY PRECIOUS. LOVE, MAMA 1/31/07 WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR PICTURE, I CAN STILL SEE YOU SITTING NEXT TO ME AND SLEEPING UNDER THE COVERS. YOU ARE STILL SO PRECIOUS AND SPECIAL TO ME. THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE YOUR LIFE. YOU MADE EVERYTHING OK WHEN YOU WERE AROUND. YOU ARE STILL ALIVE IN MY MEMORIES. SLEEP WELL TONIGHT AND STAY WARM. I LOVE YOU. LOVE, MAMA 2/20/2007 HI MY BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL. I SURE MISS YOU. YOU MADE MY LIFE HAPPIER WITH YOU HERE WITH ME. I KNOW YOU ARE KEEPING WARM AND THAT YOU HAVE SO MANY CLOTHES AND SWEATERS. OH, HOW YOU LOVED TO DRESS UP. MY LIFE IS SO EMPTY WITHOUT YOU, BUT I TREASURE THOSE WONDERFUL YEARS WE SHARED. THEY WERE THE BEST AND YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP ME GET THROUGH THE HARD TIMES. I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW MUCH I MISS AND LOVE YOU. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE HAPPY JUST KNOWING THAT WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN. SLEEP, PLAY, AND WAIT FOR YOUR MAMA. LOVE, MAMA 03/26/07 HI, MY BABY. I JUST WROTE YOUR LIFE STORY, AND HOPEFULLY, ALONG WITH SOME ON MY OTHER STORIES WILL BE PRINTED INTO A BOOK. YOU WERE SUCH A SPECIAL BABY. YOUR PICTURES ARE IN EVERY ROOM OF OUR HOUSE. I COULD NEVER FORGET ALL THE FEARS YOU OVERCAME. YOU LOVED US COMPLETELY, AND WE RETURNED THAT LOVE. YOU ARE STILL MISSED, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE FOUND YOUR OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO ARE AT THE BRIDGE. I KNOW YOU WILL FORGET ME, AS YOU WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO LEAVE THAT SHELTER WITHOUT YOU. BEST DECISION I EVER MADE, TO BRING YOU HOME. I WILL SEE YOU SOON, MY BLESSED BABY. LOVE, MAMA 04/13/07 HELLO, BABY GIRL. I JUST FINISHED WRITING YOUR STORY FOR MY BOOK. I EVEN WROTE A POEM FOR YOU. EVERYONE WHO HAS READ IT HAD LOVED IT. YOU HAD SUCH A BIG INFLUENCE ON MY LIFE. YOU MADE ME SEE HOW SOMEONE SO MISTREATED, COULD ONCE AGAIN GIVE SOMEONE THEIR TRUST. YOU WERE SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO LOVED. I MISS YOU, BUT I KNOW THAT ONE DAY WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER AGAIN. YOUR MEMORY IS ALIVE IN MY HEART AND I WILL NEVER, NEVER, FORGET YOU, MY BABY. LOVE, MAMA 07/09/2007 I MISS YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW YOU ARE HAPPY WITH ALL YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. SANDY, REMEMBER THE LITTLE TAN GOAT THAT I GOT AS A BABY, SHE IS THERE WITH YOU NOW. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF HER AND SHOW HER THE WAY. BE HER FRIEND. I KNOW HOW KIND YOU ARE. MY HEART IS THERE WITH YOU, MY ANGEL. LOVE, MAMA 10/24/07 MY SWEET BABY GIRL. I AM SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT ALL THE GOOD TIMES WE SHARED. IT IS DREARY TONIGHT, BUT I HAVE THOUSANDS OF YOUR PICTURES TO BRIGHTEN MY LIFE. HOW SPECIAL YOU STILL ARE TO ME. THANK YOU GOD FOR SENDING HER TO ME AND MAKING MY LIFE SO MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE BECAUSE OF HER. I LOVE YOU MY PRECIOUS GIRL. HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH ALL YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THERE WITH YOU. LOVE, MAMA 11/14/07 HI BEAUTIFUL. I MISS YOU TONIGHT ALOT. HOW YOU DEPENDED ON ME AND LOVED ME. GUESS IT WAS BECAUSE I RESCUED FROM SURE DEATH. YOU NEVER, NEVER FORGOT THAT AND REPAID ME EVERYDAY WITH ALL THAT LOVE. YOU ARE STILL SO SPECIAL AND WONDERFUL, AND I THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING ME TO SHARE YOUR LIFE WITH. SLEEP TIGHT, PLAY AND RUN AND SAVE A PLACE FOR YOUR OLE MOM. LOVE, MAMA 11/27/07 I WAS SITTING HERE LOOKING AT THAT PICTURE OF YOU WITH YOUR RED SWEATER ON AND I REMEMBER THE DAY I TOOK THAT. IT WAS REALLY COLD AND YOU LOVED HAVING THAT SWEATER ON. I STILL HAVE AND TREASURE IT AS IT REMINDS OF YOU AND THE DAY I TOOK THAT PICTURE. NO ONE ELSE WILL EVER WEAR IT. ON FRIDAY I SENT LUCKY YOUR WAY. I AM CONFIDENT THAT YOU WERE WAITING FOR HER AND ARE SHOWING HER AROUND. I KNOW THAT YOU HELPED HER FIND MAMA SO THAT THEY COULD BE TOGETHER FOREVER. I MISS YOU MY BABY GIRL, BUT I KNOW YOU ARE HAPPY. LOVE, MAMA 1/10/2008 MY SWEET ANGEL BABY, HOW I MISS YOU. I FINALLY GOT A PICTURE ON YOUR SISTER, LOUISE'S HEADSTONE. SHE SURE LOOKS LIKE YOU. I MISS YOU, BUT I AM SO GLAD YOU WEREN'T HERE TO MAKE THIS HORRIBLE MOVE. IT WAS THE WORST. I KNOW YOU HAD A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WITH ALL YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. WISH I WERE THERE. I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU, MY DARLING. LOVE, MAMA 02/02/08 MY BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL HOW I MISS YOU. YOU WILL NEVER KNOW THE LOSS I STILL FEEL, BUT I HAVE YOUR ASHES WITH TONS OF PICTURES EVERYWHERE. YOU ARE STILL A LIGHT THAT WILL NEVER GO OUT IN MY HEART. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!! 02/16/08 I LOVE AND MISS YOU, MY DARLING BABY GIRL. YOU ARE FOREVER IN MY HEART. LOVE, MAMA 03/09/08 YOU HAVE AT THE RB SINCE 1999, AND YET, IT SEEMS AS IF IT WERE ONLY YESTERDAY THAT I HELD YOUR PRECIOUS LITTLE BODY IN MY ARMS. I GUESS OUR LOVE WILL SPAN THE UNIVERSE. I STILL MISS YOU AND THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY. WHAT A SPECIAL PLACE YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE IN MY LIFE, SOUL AND HEART. STAY HAPPY AND HEALTHY AND WAIT FOR YOUR MAMA. 04/08/08 HELLO, MY PRECIOUS ONE. SORRY I HAVE NOT VISITED YOU, BUT WE WERE MOVING BACK TO MEMPHIS WHERE WE WILL NEVER, NEVER MOVE AGAIN. I AM GOING OUT TO THE STORE TOMORROW TO BUY SOME SPECIAL SHELVES TO PUT YOUR ASHES ALONG WITH ALL YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THEY DIDN'T MOVE UNTIL THEY MOVED WITH ME. WE ALL MISS YOU SO MUCH AND LOVE YOU AS MUCH NOW AS WE EVER DID. SAVE SOME ROOM FOR US ALL. YOUR ARE ALWAYS WITH ME. LOVE, MAMA 05/07/08 HI, MY SWEET ANGEL, OH HOW I MISS YOU. YOU ARE STILL HERE WITH ME, AND I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY. WHAT A JOY YOU BROUGHT INTO MY LIFE. TAKE CARE AND SAVE ME A PLACE WITH YOU AND YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. LOVE, MAMA 06/25/08 YOU LOOK JUST AS BEAUTIFUL NOW AS YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE HERE WITH ME. OH, BABY GIRL, HOW I MISS YOU AND NEED TO SEE YOU SOON. YOU WERE SUCH A WONDERFUL PART OF MY LIFE THAT IT IS HARD TO LIVE EACH DAY WITHOUT YOU, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE HAPPY AND HEALTHY WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS. THE PAIN IS STILL IN MY HEART SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN GONE. TAKE CARE AND STAY WELL FOR WE WILL BE TOGETHER SOON. I HOLD YOU EACH NIGHT IN MY HEART. LOVE, MAMA Please also visit BUCKY, CHESTER, ELVIS and Little Bit.

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