I miss you. Everyone misses you so much. You were always so tiny, weighing only 6 lbs in the healthiest time of your life, yet without you around the house is so empty. I miss everything about you. I miss my best cuddle buddy! It's hard to look at your cute green blanket that you loved to lay with, whoever was using that blanket was going to be your cuddle buddy for the night. I miss when you would play ball, and play tug of war with me, even though it feels like a lifetime since you had been strong enough to do either of those. You were the best mother, and grandmother- supplying the entire extended family with generations of poodles! Yet, I think you were loved the best out of all of them. I love the way anyone who would meet you would ask us if they could take you home because everyone instantly loved you. You were the one that convinced my Oma AND my Papa that maybe getting a dog wasn't a bad idea, especially if the dog came from you. I keep expecting you to come around. I've never lost anyone close to me before, so dealing with this is all new to me. I keep coming home at night and tip toeing because I don't want to wake you up so that you whine all night, but then I remember you're not there anymore. I keep looking for you when I sit on the couch so that I can put my hand down so you can push your head against it to climb up on the couch with me. And I especially keep listening for the jingle your tags on your collar would make every time you walked. I miss you baby girl.
What is it like in heaven? You're the kind of dog that has the same kind of loving heart Jesus did. I wouldn't be surprised if He is the one throwing the ball around for you right now. I hope you get to keep playing ball and never tire out so you can play all day! I hope you get to eat all the food we tried to get you to eat when you were sick because I know you would have killed to eat that stuff when you were healthy. I hope you are taking care of family and friends that are there already, and that they are taking care of you. I hope you found a new cuddly green blanket and that you are saving me a cuddle spot in bed someday again, as long as you learn to share the pillow this time. I am sorry if bringing Koda around brought more stress on you. You were so good at tolerating a hyper 6 month old puppy who was three times your size. But then again, you were always good at tolerating everything. Thank you for letting me cuddle with you for a few hours the morning before you died. We hadn't gotten to spend much time together because of my busy life, but I'm glad that day we were able to spend some good old time cuddling. I'm glad I kissed you and told you I loved you when I left the house the hour before you died. I would have regretted not saying goodbye forever. I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you in your dying moment, but I'm glad that a good majority of your close family who loves you was there by your side as you went back to heaven. I'm glad you lived a wonderful long life and was one of the lucky ones who got to die peacefully at home with your family. I'm sorry I didn't have the strength to see you after you had passed, I was afraid that was how I would always remember seeing you. Know now though, that I don't remember you as the sick, weak, frail dog. I see you as the cute puppy I picked up and put in my plastic shopping cart as a 5 year old girl. I love you always and will always miss you terribly. There is no one in the world who will understand the loss I feel by not having you here. We didn't lose a pet, we lost a family member. Save a spot for me in heaven and be one of the first one to greet me there when it is my turn. I love you always Gidget, you will always be my baby girl!!
Gidget
July 23 1995 - October 20, 2011
I love you.
I miss you.
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