In Memory of Nanda

NandWe got off to a rough start with you chewing my favorite pipe and me yelling about it. I am so sorry I did not realize how scared you must have been being locked in that room alone in a new home hearing Giuseppe and Adia in the other room and missing your Bull Dog friend that you left behind.
Despite that rough start you did not give up on me or my ability to love. In your own Bully Way you persisted and worked your way into my heart teaching me unconditional love and I came to love you as much as I Love Adia and the boys.
When we got the boys and they were so tiny Dr Grubb worried about you hurting them by accident because they were so small and you so big, You proved him wrong by acting like a little mother protecting them and cleaning them.
Now it is 10 years later and you have gone from us but gone only in the fact that we cannot touch you. We cry because we are selfish and want to touch your soft fur and hear the clip clop of your tiny feet. We want to hear you snoring or your little bark because we dare try to eat without sharing.
I know in my heart that you are now a special angel in Heaven along with Giuseppe watching down on Mommy and your brothers and sister. We loved so and always will. You will always be in our hearts. We Love you Nandy.

I Am Not Here

Don't stand by my grave and weep
For I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow
I am the diamonds glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in mornings hush
I am the swift uplifting rush.
Of quiet birds in circle flight
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry
I am not there, I did not die

To Nanda2

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