Our Baby Boy will be taking his journey to the Rainbow Bridge today. He has fought long and hard against his IBD / lymphosarcoma, but is losing the battle with each passing day. I believe these past few months he has known his mission here with us was coming to an end. I am due with our first child - a baby boy - in December and believe maybe our Baby Boy was put here with us to love and be loved until our other baby boy came along. At least this is what has been helping me cope somewhat with what we have to do today.
Baby began laying across my belly when I was six weeks pregnant - something he had never done in the few years we have had him. He would purr up a storm as he lay there. I truly believe he knows I am pregnant, I just hoped he could have made it a little longer - closer to when I delivered, but that just wasn't meant to be.
Baby will go to sleep at 11AM CST today and it will be one of the hardest things I have ever had to do, but know it is the best thing for him. We will miss our Baby Boy, our Mr. Crosspaws, our Mr. Always Talking, our Mr. Motorboat, our Mr. Curious George. He has definitely filled our past 3 years with joy and our hearts with love. We thank his Momma Anne for bringing him to us to care for him in his last years of his life.
Before I close, I'd like to share a poem that a girlfriend of mine shared with me today - "Four Feet from Heaven" by Alice Chase.
Your favorite chair is empty now
no eager purrs to greet me
No softly padded paws to run
ecstatically to meet me.
No coaxing rubs, no plaintive cry
will say it's time for feeding
I've put away your bowl
and all the things you won't be needing.
But I will miss you, little friend
for time could never measure
The happiness you brought to me
the comfort and the pleasure.
And since God put you here to share
in earthly joy and sorrow
I'm sure they'll be a place for you
in heaven's bright tomorrow!
Thank you, everyone, for your support this past few months, and in the days ahead. You are an amazing group of people and all of your babies are blessed to have you in their lives.
Baby'sMomma - Denise
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Please see my post on page 2, dated 8/26/03, for a photo attachment.
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