Good byes

It has taken me some time to come up with a post and pictures after losing Kaiser. Truthfully I didn't want to think about it. The boys definitely keep me busy, but mornings are when it really hits me. Kevin leaves early, so I get up before the kids and pack lunch and feed the dogs, so for some time each morning it was just me and the doggies. It is weird not having that, for about a week I kept going to fill the dog bowl, or looked around for them.

Corie was with us for 12 years and Kaiser 9 years. They were our first babies. They were always there for us. They sat with me and let me cry over them during all those years of trying to get pregnant. You could always count on them to be, excited to see you, following you around the us, putting up with all the kids threw at them. They were truly great dogs.

Corie was not a lover, she did not show alot of emotion, but you truly saw her personality come out in the water, she loved the water. She loved her food too! Otherwise she was content to lay around, she rarely gave out kisses, but you could hug her and lay all over her. She always seemed to accept everything even if it annoyed her. I used to joke that she was a princess in a past life and seemed to be very annoyed that she came back as a dog. So I hope she is sitting on a throne in doggie heaven, being waited on hand and foot. Kaiser (aka Magoo) was our weirdo, lovey, scaredy cat. He was afraid of prettymuch anything, thought he was a lap dog (even at 90 pounds), he loved to run, was not a fan of the water (to watch him try to swim was tragic-so he preferred creek walking), but he was most known for his kisses, whether you wanted them or not, he would lick you to death.

Corie and Kaiser were truly great dogs, they adjusted well to changes (aside from the chewing of the kids toys by Kaiser) and they did great with the kids.

We all miss them, but take solice knowing they are together.

Good bye to our Corie Jayne and Kaiser Joseph, you will always be loved and missed!

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BEYOND THE RAINBOW
Author Unknown

As much as I loved the life we had and all the times we played,

I was so very tired and knew my time on earth would fade.

I saw a wondrous image then of a place that's trouble-free

Where all of us can meet again to spend eternity.
I saw the most beautiful Rainbow, and on the other side

Were meadows rich and beautiful -- lush and green and wide!

And running through the meadows as far as the eye could see

Were animals of every sort as healthy as could be!

My own tired, failing body was fresh and healed and new

And I wanted to go run with them, but I had something left to do.
I needed to reach out to you, to tell you I'm alright

That this place is truly wonderful, then a bright Glow pierced the night.

'Twas the Glow of many Candles shining bright and strong and bold

And I knew then that it held your love in its brilliant shades of gold.
For although we may not be together in the way we used to be,

We are still connected by a cord no eye can see.

So whenever you need to find me, we're never far apart

If you look beyond the Rainbow and listen with your heart.