Brandy

I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER; HER GOLDEN COCKER SPANIEL EARS FLYING IN THE BREEZE AS SHE RAN UP HER FAVORITE HILL IN THE PARK. PUSHING HER COLD NOSE IN MY PALM TO BE PETTED. HER FACE FIRST THING EVERY MORNING...SMILING PLAYING GET THE SOCK. LATE NIGHTS ON THE BACK PORCH WATCHING THE STARS..TELLING SECRETS, KNOWING THIS WAS AS CLOSE TO PERFECT AS IT GETS.

BRANDY WAS MY FIRST DOG EVEN THO I WAS OVER 30. THE FIRST THING I WANTED WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE. SHE WAS GIVEN TO US 18 MONTHS OLD BY A FAMILY WHO COULD NO LONGER KEEP HER, AND WE LOVED EACH OTHER.

TAKEN TOO SOON AT 10 YEARS BY A CANCER. THO SHE ONLY SUFFERED 2 DAYS WHEN I KISSED HER NOSE FOR THE LAST TIME.

I HAVE ANOTHER DOG NOW, WHO WAS A HOMELESS STRAY RESCUED FROM A SHELTER, AND WE TOO LOVE EACH OTHER.

BRANDY, MY FIRST DOG MY PAL, MY CONFIDANT, WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN MY HEART AND SHE DESERVES A PLACE IN THE STARS.