It’s OK to cry when you hurt.
Sometimes whining works!
Do something you think you can’t.
Look at the world with the eyes of a pup.
When someone who loves you tries to help – let him!
Don’t give up. A bad life can get better.
When you don’t feel good – share a cookie.
There are good & kind people in the world.
Enjoy yourself. Live right now.
Don’t be sad for the tomorrow that isn’t here yet.
Even when you don’t feel good, you can still play.
Hugs, kisses, licks help make things better.
Remember - this hurts so much because we really loved.
Welcome a new joy & a new sadness into your life.
It’s harder to let go than hold on.
Snug, I love you. I will miss you every day until we can play again.

Unknown, Unheard of...only a thought within
Then you were there, like a wisp of wind
With speed & grace like no one before you
You found & won my heart, on clues before you

The course you ran, was not marked out
Running blind, no line to follow
With only your need to love & please
Overwhelmingly my heart tumbled to it's knees

Oh my boy, where have you gone?
Leaving this world hurt less than to leave the hearts you had won
How do I know this? How can I be so sure?
Because everyday your eye's revealed a love o' so pure

To even think you will be forgotten, is so hard to conceive
A thought so dark, a response it needs
For gravity itself brought less weight to bare
Than the joy of life to whom no one you spared

Salem was your name
It's meaning, " God's peace resides within"
Onward then, my precious one
Hurry home to the Son.

copyright 1998 Mary