My Birthday Wish

Well

Thursday is  (or is it "was"?) my Birthday

I'll be six (or is it "I turned six"?)

and this'll be my third birthday in my ForeverHome

I've got it good

and I'm a HappyBoy

(even though I don't look very happy in this picture)

(It's been a tough day)

On my Birthday, it'll be a good day (or is it "It was a good day"?)

Moma'll make sure of that

Prob'ly we'll go on a nice walk

and

Maybe I'll get that BigRawBone that I know is in the freezer

The one just like the one Fergi got in April

And maybe, just maybe

I'll get one of those Kyjen Toys that I happen to know are still left downstairs.

But you know what?

It would've been an even nicer Birthday if I could've shared it with my pal Butchy

(Photo courtesy of MamaLamb)

However, sadly,

As you prob'ly already know

The Angels called him to the Rainbow Bridge on Wednesday

and

After a lousy course of seizures and cancerous tumors

He and his Family bravely agreed it was time to join his sissy, Angel Snickers

and all of the other pups and kits that have gone there before him

(Photo courtesy of Asta)

We've cried

We've moped

My VSB (VerySensitiveBelly) hit big time today

We've licked Moma's tears

We've stayed near her side

We've all repeatedly questioned "Why?"

and

Over and Over

We've realized that it hurts almost unbearably

to lose a beloved Furry or Fuzzy

but

We know, we believe and Moma reminds us

"To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die."

~Thomas Campbell

Butchy will live in our hearts Forever

but

Still

We'll miss him terribly

In his honor

Instead of a birthday party, we've decided that the green papers Moma might've spent on Celebration

We'd like to donate

in Butchy's name

to support canine cancer research

in hopes that one day soon there will be a Cure

and no more pups will battle and suffer

Last fall the White Dog Army brought our attention to the 2 Million Dogs effort

headed by Luke Robinson and his two boys

Great Pyrenees Hudson and Murphy

(You can click on 'em to get to their Facebook profiles)

You may know him from all the publicity

as he and his dogs have traveled by foot 2000 miles

across the United States

To draw awareness to canine cancer and the need to support cancer research

You can learn more about them by clicking on their banner or clicking here

and

If you'd like to join us in our cause

You can click here to be taken the the Donation Page

Where you can give as little or as much as you can and want

in Butchy's name

or

in the name of any dog you'd like

That's My Birthday Wish

(Another alternative ... if you prefer ...

is the Canine Cancer Research, USA organization.

The have a link on their page for donations

(We wish there was a way to make them in honor of specific dogs

but we couldn't figure out how to do that)

Anyhow

We hope and pray that one day there will be a cure

Promise of that would be the best birthday present ever.

Love

Jake the Six Year Old