My Beloved Smokey - The Sweetest Boy in the World!

by Deanna
(Kennesaw, Georgia)

My sweet Smokey was only with me for about nine years but he gave me a lifetime of love. He came into my life soon after the loss of another precious baby and I firmly believe that God blessed me with him.

He was actually adopted two weeks before and brought back because the people said "he wanted too much attention" really? I know why he was brought back; God brought him back for me!! (He did have bad food allergies, a broken canine tooth and was deaf so that may have contributed to the return.)

All I know, is that at a time in my life when I truly needed a best friend that's exactly what I got! He never left my side, slept with me always (a lot of the time on my head! funny huh?). This precious soul was so in tune with my feelings that if I was stressed (and at this time in my life I was under extreme stress) that he would stop eating. After vet visits and all types of tests there was nothing physically wrong with him but he was feeling my pain - how about that! He helped me to learn to live in the moment because I had to for him.

Recently his health truly declined - constant ear infections, newly diagnosed kidney disease, seizures and arthritis. I think he had cancer because I found a strange lump. He groaned in pain when I picked him up and didn't want to move. He and God told me it was time - I had to let him go. I held him as he took his last breath and he turned his sweet head and looked at me as if to say thank you mommy, I love you!

Now as I grieve for him I hold on to what I believe and that is, that I will see him again, along with my two other precious babies. He's there by the bridge with his two brothers; happy and finally healthy! You were my Angel while you were here and now you truly are my Angel in Heaven! God bless you my sweet boy - mommy will never stop loving you and can't wait to see you and your brothers again!