OUR LADY SOPHIE
by TERRY S SHAFFER
(AIKEN SOUTH CAROLINA)
TODAY.... WE LOST OUR LADY SOPHIE... SHE WAS 15 AND A WONDERFUL FRIEND.... SHE GAVE US WONDERFUL YEARS OF JOY...... WE CAME BY HER IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY..... IN 1998 WE LOST OUR LITTLE DESEREE... SHE WAS PUT TO HEAVENLY SLEEP ON A THURSDAY NIGHT... FRIDAY CHARLIE CALLED THE KENNEL TO CANCEL HER GROOMING.... THE PERSON THERE SAID "WE HAVE A BLACK STANDARD POODLE COMMING IN YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT.... HER OWNERS CAN'T KEEP HER ANY MORE AND WANT A GOOD HOME.... WE WERE SO SAD BUT SAID WE WOULD MEET.. WE DID ON SAT... SHE CAME HOME WITH US AND NEVER LOOKED BACK... THAT WAS 12 YEARS AGO. SHE WAS THREE.... AND TWELVE SHORT YEARS LATER....... WE FIND OURSLEVES WITH ANOTHER HEAVY HEART FOR A DEAR CHILD.... SHE WAS THE LOVE OF OUR LIVES FOR THESE PAST YEARS...... THE PAIN IS SO GREAT....... BUT SHE WAS FAILING SO FAST... AND THIS WAS OUR LAST FAVOR WE COULD GIVE OUR TRUSTED FRIEND........ I HOPE TIME WILL HEAL... AND MAYBE WE WILL WANT ANOTHER BLACK STANDARD.... THAT SEEMS TO BE OUR BREED.....