Dear Beenie,

Even though you were not my first little baby, I want you to know that you have brought your daddy and me such joy. You may not know this but I had been bugging your daddy for over a year that I wanted a little fur baby. I missed my Dee Dee that had passed on in Italy, where I used to live.

I still remember the day he said ok.

I jumped on the internet searching for you. After many months of searching for you in shelters and in the paper, I was getting very upset. I thought that I’d never find you. I was sitting home one day and got on-line. There was an ad for Boston terrier puppies. I knew that daddy really wanted one of your kind because he grew-up with one. I wanted a poodle mix because that was what Dee Dee was. I hope you’re not upset when you read this.

Well, I called the number and got an appointment for that evening to see you and your siblings. Daddy and I were sure we weren’t going to find what we were looking for.

When we arrived at your house, we were horrified that there were over 20 of your brothers and sisters roaming the house. Daddy picked you out from the bunch because I would have taken all of you home. We paid the lady and the next day reported her to the proper entity. We don’t know what happened to your siblings. We think they were taken away from the filthy place that they and you were in. Hopefully they were all adopted into good homes.

You were very sick for the first several months of your life. You had bad worms and fleas. I hope you don’t remember that awful time.

We were already so in love with your expressive eyes, your sweet smile and warm kisses that we couldn’t bear to lose you. The thought still haunts us.

Before getting you, daddy and I promised each other that you’d never sleep in the bed. Well you know that didn’t last one minute … if you aren’t snuggling with us, we can’t sleep.

We love you so much Beenie and can’t imagine our lives without you.

That evening, you were calling to us to save you.
I really want you to know that you have saved and given us more than we could have ever imagined.

Love mommy and daddy