My dearest Maddie,
Not a day goes by when i don't think of you, your beautiful face and tick tock ever wagging tail by my side. I wish we had added the signs together sooner, i would do anything to have taken that pain away from you, but so typical of you you bore it without complaint. I don't think anyone realised, not even the vet, that you wouldn't be coming home, my biggest regret is that we didn't say goodbye. I know your with us still, Laney becomes more like you everyday. Stay close to me my darling and when my time comes to join you and my other spaniel loves, i know you'll will be right at the front. You were our first in so many ways.
With love to you aways my love
Torie x
The Little Dog Angel
Up in the court of heaven today
A little dog angel waits
With the other angels he will not play
But sits alone at the gates -
"For i know that my master will come" says he
And when he comes he will call for me.
And his master far on the earth below -
As he sits in his easy chair -
Forgets, sometimes, and whistles low
For that little dog that is not there
And the little dog cocks his ears
And dreams that his master's voice he hears.
And i know when at last his master waits
Outside in the dark and cold
For the hand of death to open the gates
That lead to the court of gold -
Then the little dog angel's cheery bark
Will comfort his soul in the shivering dark.
Taken from the memoirs of H.R.H Prince Christopher of Greece