In loving memory of Grizz. Stay close to us. We miss you sweetheart. We will keep fighting the battle against cancer with you always in our hearts. Mommy, Daddy and Sarge

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"Remember Me" Remember me with love, not tears, and think of all of our happy years. When I was sick, you were at my side Your tears and fears, you tried to hide.. I know you did your best for me, but God above was calling me. The tears with time, will go away, but the love we shared will always stay. Now the Lord has set me free, that is how I want you to remember me... That gentle breeze that made the wind chimes sing? That was me, I was there with you. The gentle snow falling upon your tears? That was me, I was there with you. And that little beam of sunlight that danced on the otherwise shaded deck that day? That was me, I was there with you. Until we're back together, never more to be apart. Remember me with love, I left my paw print on your heart. Wherever you are going and whatever you may do, Just look down right beside you, I will be there next to you. One day in the future just over the ridge,  I'll be waiting for you, standing on Rainbow Bridge. Remember and Believe. I will love you forever. All my love, "Grizz" (written by Jo Helms Jan.21, 2003) Copyright © January 2003 by Jo Helms ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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To have known a love, devotion and strength so special as yours, so dear, is to have tasted a bit of Heaven here within these earthly confines.  We were blessed to have you a member of our family for better than 11 years.  Run, play and be free in the playground of Angels, just North of the Rainbow Bridge but wait for us Grizz, wait for us........Please always be our Guardian Angel as I asked you to be when we watched you cross over.  Sarge needs you, we need you and now your little cousin, Kodi, needs you.  Stay near sweet friend, stay near.  Mommy, Daddy, Sarge and Kodi(pictured to the right sleeping on Daddy's shoe)
Jo Helms-author of "Grizz's Story  A Greater Courage" Copyright  October 2003-2005.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No portion of this web site other than the order form may be reproduced or downloaded under any circumstances without the written permission of the author listed above.
Because we loved you so deeply, we walked with you to Rainbow Bridge this morning and thanked        you for your love, courage and faithfulness. We held you while you crossed to be with God, once again. We know that you will be waiting for us and we will see you again. Until then, we will miss you. You are and always will be "our little three-legged Hero". Safe journey dear friend, your paw print will be forever etched in our hearts.....Jo, Barry & Sarge Grizz Born into this world on 11-8-1991,    Crossed Rainbow Bridge on 1-21-2003   You have shown us that, although life may be fragile, LOVE is forever       "It's time for me, to call you home",    was the message God was sending. We'll meet again at Rainbow Bridge, our love for you unending.... Jo Helms 2003 Copyright 2003  All rights reserved.   .
Written and © copyrighted by Terri Onorato. I know what you're thinking. You think I'm dead. Because you cannot see me with your human eyes, cannot feel me with your hands or hold me in your arms, you think I am gone forever. You recall how I looked when I left this earth and you cannot remotely imagine that I am alive in another place. You are racked and torn by the pain of our separation and it blinds you to that which is right in front of you...me. How many times since I left your immediate sight have you been told that I'm dead and you should "get over it"? How many times have you cried yourself to sleep because you feel like an outcast, believing you're supposed to get over me because that's what people say is normal but somehow you can't and no one seems to understand? How many times have you put yourself through such excruciating pain because you aren't willing to consider that I am not, by any means, dead? I want you to do me a favor and go back in time with me. Remember the glorious day you brought me home - was I not the most intriguing creature you'd ever met? Did I not make you laugh and giggle? Did I not look at you with such adoration that you wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of your life with me? I wanted this too. Remember the days when I was in my prime and we did many things together. You were so proud of me! I was a good friend and I took care of you when you cried, were angry or felt down and unhappy. When you didn't have a lot of time for me because of your obligations, I waited patiently for you. I was always there when you needed me. Did I not look at you with such acceptance and patience that perhaps at times you felt a bit unworthy? You were never unworthy in my eyes. Remember when age crept up on me, my bones became stiff and my movements slower. Still I met you when you came home and followed you around. We'd been together for so long, I was your very best friend regardless of what you were doing, saying and thinking. Did I not look at you with such kindness and understanding that you felt overwhelmed? I couldn't get enough of you. Remember the last time we saw each other with earthly eyes. You tried to be brave but I knew you were crying...I know you so well, better than anyone else in the world. Did I not look at you with such pure trust and love that you yearned only to hold me close and keep me with you always? Did you not promise that you would love me forever? I believed you. If this is so then why have you let me go by thinking I no longer exist? Remember the depth of love in my eyes when I looked at you. Who created this love? Would the Creator diminish the song of our laughter that grew and flourished in this love? I am no longer an earthly figure, this is true. My body was only part of who I really am and it would have been but a mere shell on earth if it were not filled to overflowing with my soul, my spirit and my loving light. When we met you thought I was cute, pretty and adorable. What kind of relationship would we have had if this were all that I'd been? How could you have loved me if I'd had no spiritual substance? We are all made up of energy that resides far deep down inside of us, it is our core and our soul, spirit and loving light. It is the energy that is all of life...it has no beginning, it has no end. It simply is and always will be and without it there is no life. You can't see it with the naked eye nor can you hold it in your hand, it is simply a certain knowing that this energy does exist. It's a knowing just as you know that our love existed on earth - you couldn't see our love in a solid sense, you couldn't gather it all up and confine it to one place. But you *knew* it existed. There was no doubt in your mind. There are those who demand you get over me, insisting that I'm dead and you'll never see me again because animals don't go to Heaven. Oh really? I'm here to tell you different. You were as worthy of my love and undying devotion on earth as I was of yours. Do you really believe this love would be snatched from us *forever* by a loving Creator simply because I wasn't human? Was I not a living, breathing creation with personality? How could I have been so if I didn't possess the energy of soul, spirit and loving light? And if this energy is and always will be, then how can it be that I am dead? If my core is not the energy that is all of life then I was never alive to begin with. But you know better. You cry because you miss me, this I understand. I miss you too - I miss the belly rubs, hugs and kisses that we shared. But life does go on beyond these wonderful, fulfilling physical connections. I came to this place to continue on in a new life, not because I didn't love you anymore or because I wanted something better. I came here because it was time for me to go to the next phase of my existence, something all living creatures must do eventually. It is the normal progression of life. I was not taken away from you because you cannot take away that which was never owned. My presence in your life was and is a gift to be cherished and honored just as I cherish and honor you. Life is not simply about being born into a body, living a certain number of years and then dying. Energy cannot die. We are blessed with time in a body so that we can learn, share and grow. It prepares us for the next phase of our eternal life. The body holds within it the true life force of our existence...our soul, spirit and loving light. Without these our bodies would be empty, blank, void of feeling and expression. Without our energy we would indeed be dead and could never have experienced our love for each other. You say that all you have left are memories but this is not so. You see, when I took leave of my earthly body I left a little something behind for you. You can't touch it, hold it or examine it, for what I left behind is far too uninhibited for confinement. I left in your tender care a piece of my soul. I placed it right next to your own which is quite fitting as we were always side by side in our earthly life together. I love you too much to have left you with nothing but memories that tend to fade and grow cloudy as the years go by. I love you too much to have vanished without a trace. How selfish it would be of me to remove love and light from your life. I understand your tears, each one you shed is testament to your love for me and I am honored and humbled. But don't forget the good things we shared - remember and smile. This is an honor for me as well. When you need me I will be here. Close your eyes, relax, take slow, deep breaths and picture me in your mind. Shut off the world and your notions of what you think death is and give me a chance. Look for the subtle signs I send you. Don't stop being proud of me, I am a friend to be proud of, I am still your friend and soul mate. Don't memorialize the death of my body but instead honor and celebrate my never-ending life for it is eternal and forever as is my love for you. Until we meet again... Image Copyright © Jeffery K. Bedrick. If you would like to link to "A Place For Us" please feel free to download our logo. The URL is http://www.angelbluemist.com/aplace.html