Took the last ride today

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RKM

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Thanks for all the good thoughts and prayers. I started to go out and feed her when I got home. That's going to be a hard habit to break. Our dinner "dates" at night allowed me to unwind a little and helped me forget about work. My wife has been crying all day about this. But that's life. We had 15 wonderful years with her, and memories will be cherished.
 

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I'm sorry for your loss. Ike's been gone for over two weeks and I still look for him every time I look into the back yard. Those years will leave you with many good memories, but a feeling of emptiness.
 

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There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
But when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and sisters I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.

Buy a pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie--
Perfect passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear.

When the fourteen years that nature permits
Are closing in asthma or tumors or fits
And the vet's unspoken prescription runs
To lethal chambers, or loaded guns.
Then you will find--its your own affair
But--you've given your heart to a dog to tear.

When the body that lived at your single will
When the whimper of welcome is stilled (how still!)
When the spirit that answered your every mood
Is gone--wherever it goes--for good,
You still discover how much you care
And will give your heart to a dog to tear.

We've sorrow enough in the natural way
When it comes to burying Christian clay.
Our loves are not given, but only lent,
At compound interest of cent per cent.
Though it is not always the case, I believe,
That the longer we've kept 'em the more do we grieve;
For when debts are payable, right or wrong,
A short time loan is as bad as a long--
So why in Heaven (before we are there)
Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?

--Rudyard Kipling
 

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