15 and a half years ago, the most wonderful thing happened to our family - our dog, Ashley. She came into our lives at a time that I can't even remember - for which I am so grateful, because I can't remember my life without her. She was my best friend, my sister, my baby. I grew up with her, and she taught me what it is to love, to love unconditionally and to be loved unconditionally. She was my biggest lesson in nurturing: especially in the last 10 months when she needed the most care. There are no words for me to completely describe what she meant to me, and still means to me, but all I can say is how grateful I am to have been blessed with her for my entire life. And also how grateful I am to have a family who loves her as much as I do and who spent her final days in remembrance of what a wonderful dog she has been and how beautiful she made our lives. There are thousands of memories that we have with Ashley - that make me laugh and make me cry, but every single one of them makes me feel as though she's here with me, and that although she has left the physical world, she will always be here, in spirit, and in my memory, snuggled in the crook of my elbow, and wagging her tail and jumping up and down happily when I come home, and will always be my source of unconditional love, my source of joy and comfort. I miss her more than I can explain but she is in a wonderful place now. I imagine her heaven to be filled with feasts of chicken and huge green parks for her to run around in and her legs are strong again and we're there too, in spirit, waiting for her to run to us and feeding her and cuddling with her and probably in her heaven, Mom would let her sleep up on her bed. Rest in paradise, little one. Thank you for everything.
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