Zoie

SHE DIED IN FEBRUARY OF 2004. SHE WAS A 10 YEAR OLD SHEPARD/BORDER COLLIE. SHE HAD A BATTLE WITH CANCER THAT LEFT HER UNABLE TO EVEN LIFT HER HEAD BY THE LAST DAY THAT SHE GRACED US WITH HER PRESENCE.

SHE WAS SO LOYAL THAT SHE COULD HARDLY STAND BEING AWAY FROM US. THAT IS HOW I FELT ABOUT HER WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE TOO, AND NOW THAT SHE IS GONE I CAN HARDLY STAND THE PAIN. SHE GAVE US 10.5 YEARS OF HER LIFE AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE LOVE THAT SHE HAS SHOWN US. I CAN THINK OF NO OTHER BEING THAT NEVER HARMED ANOTHER. ZOIE WAS GRACEFUL YET PERKY AND FULL OF JOY.FROM VISITS TO AMANDAS, AND HER HUMAN GRANDMA AND GRANDPAS TO SIT UP ON THE KITCHEN TABLE TO "BE ADORED" TO FOLLOWING ME EVERYWHERE. I DON'T THINK I EVEN KNEW HOW LUCKY I WAS.

WE HAD 3 PUPPIES AT ONCE AND NOW THAT THE SENIOR AGE HAS COME THINGS HAVE REALLY CHANGED. WE 1ST GOT SPOTTIE, THEN 1 YEAR LATER, MAGGIE MAY AND THEN OUR ZOIE BEAR. THEY WERE WITH US FOR THEIR WHOLE LIVES. SPOT IS STILL WITH US AT NEARLY 13 YEARS OLD, AND HIS MISSES HIS SISTERS SO MUCH. HE HAS AGED SO MUCH WITH THEIR LOSS. WE WENT TO THE SPCA TO GET HIM AN OLDER DOG SIBLING AND HELP FOR US TO HEAL....HOWEVER THERE WERE NO OLDER DOGS AT THE TIME OF OUR VISIT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT GOING TO THE SPCA DOESN'T ALWAYS GO "AS PLANNED" SO WE CAME HOME WITH A 9 MONTH OLD PUPPY. SPOT "TUNED" HER IN THE 1ST DAY AND THEY ARE GETTING ALONG QUITE WELL NOW. HER NAME IS ELLA AND SHE WILL NEVER EVER REPLACE OUR LOVE FOR ZOIE BEAR. SHE HAS THOUGH, BROUGHT SOME SUNSHINE INTO A VERY SAD HOME.

TO OUR DEAR SWEET, KINDEST BEING EVER, MOST BEAUTIFUL ZOIE...WE ARE ALSO ONLY SEPERATED BY TIME. OUR LOVE FOR YOU WILL ALWAYS REMAIN. WE MISS YOU SO MUCH, BUT KNOW THAT YOU ARE ON TO MUCH BETTER THINGS.

ENJOY WHERE YOU ARE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SIGNS OF LOVE THAT WE STILL SEE AND HEAR! PLAY WITH MAGGIE, BENNIE, PERCY AND ZEUS.. ...ZIP AROUND AND KNOW THAT WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU! YOU ARE LOVED!

MOM, SPOT, MORGAN, RYLEY AND DAD