06/06/2026
Custom pet paintings by Lise Oikle Hope this helps some of you.
Today will seem unbearable as you have to leave me behind. You will leave with my empty carrier or the leash and collar I used to run along side you on. I watched your tears fall and your heart break as you watch me sleep. But don’t cry for me. For I am at peace and get to do what I have always longed to do. For that is to watch over you and guide you away from harms way. I know you continue to ache especially when you go home and find that my favorite bed that I used to curl up in is vacant or my toys left scattered about no longer to be played with. I don’t want you to mourn, but to think of me when I was well and laugh out loud when you picture me as a youngster. For these are the memories that I hold dear in my heart.
I will never forget your touch as you petted me and the way you pondered life’s questions and awaited my answer. I will miss the games of hide and seek and the games of fetch that lasted for hours. I will especially miss curling up next to you and feeling the warmth of your body.
When you look at the photographs of me, smile with gladness for I smile right alongside next to you. When you wake and the sun falls across your face through the window that is me smiling down on you. When you feel the breeze on a cool day that is me whispering to you. When you see the rain fall that is my tears I cry for you.
You have given me the most precious gifts that fill me with never ending gratitude. You have given me a shelter to keep me dry and warm, the necessities to grow and thrive, and friendship. The most important gift of all is the ability to take my pain and suffering away. I have no voice to tell you I don’t want to leave but I must go. For I am being called home. For I am still an angel and was sent to you for a special reason. Even though our time was short we built a life time of memories and lessons that will always continue on. I will miss you as you miss me, but never be sad. For I am waiting on that cloud for you until we are together once again.
Thank you my human friend.