The last week has been very sad. Last Sunday, on September 25, 2011, Sophie went to Rainbow Bridge. She was one of the most beautiful fosters I ever had the privilege of caring for. This sweet girl lost her vision last year and then her hearing. The last couple of weeks of her life, she was very sick, losing weight and suffering greatly. Her mom and dad had to make the most difficult decision of all and that was to decide in love and mercy to return her to the breath of God where she is well and healthy again.
Then tonight, Nikki's mom called me to say that Nikki died unexpectantly in her sleep last night, resting on a pillow in her mama’s bed, like the princess she was. Nikki also was one of the most beautiful fosters I ever had the privilege of caring for. Both these girls did not have the most loving situation in the beginning of their lives, but they were adopted into the best of all homes. God bless Nikki and Sophie, and God bless those who adopted them.
Tonight Nikki, Sophie, Juniper, Teddy, Molly, Poppy and Lucy are playing, young and well at Rainbow Bridge where my husband Tom looks after them.
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Quida,
Such a fitting tribute to our little furry loved ones. It's hard for me to process that two sweeties have passed on within a week of each other. I'm sure Nikki's mom is in as much pain as I and probably still listens to hear those footsteps walking behind hers every time she moves about the house. There was a song I would sing to Sophie and her eyes would just light up when she'd hear it. I found myself singing it yesterday and, of course, I cried. At times like that I try to remember what you said about Sophie playing somewhere, hearing and seeing -- something that she could no longer do in this life. Thank you so much for all the work you do and for being there for me when I faced the hardest decision of my life. In my view, Sophie has two moms who loved her dearly.
Linda
[aka Lynn Lovejoy]
Thank you for writing and for your kind words. Such a sad week it has been. You and Nikki's mom have been in my thoughts and prayers all day. Then today, we friends of Northcentral Maltese Rescue learned that one of our foster moms lost her first and oldest Maltese early this morning and then, later today, lost her permanent foster. One is unbearable but two - I cannot conceive of losing two in one day. Love to you and to Sophie and to Nikki and her mom and to Alice and her two little ones.
I pray blessings for Alice as she tries to adjust to such a double heartbreak. The only way I can imagine her pain is to maximize the unlimited devastation I feel which mean tears are flowing nonstop. May God bless.
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