On October Twelfth

We left a message over on Penny and Patches' blog today.

We asked them to deliver a message to Angel Poppy

Over the Bridge.

You see

She just had a Barkday

and they've been thinking about her and sending special thoughts to her.

We asked them to ask her to find our Grampa

The grampa we never got to meet

(We think maybe he's hanging out with their daddy.)

He's our moma's daddy

(She's the little one ... in his arms ... a long long time ago.)

The daddy who was a great Father

Who provided so incredibly well for his Family

and filled them with Love

and Fun

and gobs and gobs of fond Memories

(She's the little one, again,

on vacation in Colorado a gazillion years ago.

He's the one on the left.)

He's the one who loved to have Fun

to enjoy the Simplest Things in Life

and the one who taught his Family to do the Same.

To Laugh

To Smile

To Love

and to Care Deeply for One Another.

We've heard lots of stories about him.

All about how he loved his little dogs

All of them.

Equally.

Joli

Molly ...  Moma's wirey one

and

Mitzi ... the family parti-colored poodle

and squirmy Chloe.

All those doggies are across the Bridge now.

With that man who was Moma's daddy and would've been our grampa.

He died on October 12

Nine years ago

Suddenly

Quickly

Right after telling our Auntie "I love you"

as they talked on the telephone.

Moma misses him terribly

and she sometimes still cries

But she knows

He's with all the doggies he knew during his Lifetime

plus a whole lot more

and they are All enjoying his Gentle Touch

and Kind Words

His Soft Smile and Tender Love.

And someday

We'll get to meet him

and it will be wonderful.

We know we'll know him right away

He'll be the one watching and waiting for us.

'Cause Love waits

and Love lasts Forever.