Caesar-My Beloved Dog

Caesar

my beloved dog

God saw that he was getting tired
and a cure was not to be.
So He put His arms around him
and whispered, "Come with me."

With tear-filled eyes we watched him
suffer and fade away.
Although we loved him deeply,
we could not make him stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,
run-loving paws put to rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us
He only takes the best.

Author Unknown; Text slightly altered

June 24, 2000, was one of the hardest days of my life...I received the dreaded and heartbreaking news from my parents that I had lost you forever on Friday, June 23, 2000...I didn't even get the chance to say good-bye to you and I had wished so much for that to happen...I would have been visiting home in just a short while...But you were in a lot of pain near the end, so the merciful Lord took you to a better place where there is no more pain and where you can run and play with your ball again without having to struggle to get up...I'm so glad and thankful that He granted you to go peacefully on your own...I still can't fully believe it that you're gone...that I will never see you again, never hear you bark again, never see you run after your ball again, never see you begging for your favorite treats again, never being able to pet and hug you again... It is so hard for me to say good-bye from so far away, all my memories of you are coming back, i.e., when you came into my life on Christmas 1986 when you were just 6 weeks old, how cute you were and how much fun we used to have...not only then, but the whole time you were with me...Remember we always used to go for a walk when I got home from high-school? When I went to the States and came home to visit, how happy you were to see me?
Now, going home will never be the same again without you...it's gonna be so hard not being able to see your beautiful face again...You were my first dog and I cannot express how much I loved you and will always love you, how much you meant and mean to me and how much I already miss and am going to miss you...
Caesar, my dog, farewell...until we meet again when my time has come to leave this earth, too...until then, you will always be with me in my heart.

In Memoriam:
Caesar
November 12, 1986 - June 23, 2000
With all my Love
Rest in Peace