Dear Lola.
I am writing you this letter, which feels silly but i dont know what else to do.
I need to tell you how much i love you. You are an integral part of our family and all of our lives. I cant look at other dogs without feeling a deep ache in my heart missing you.
I loved the way you were such a good companion, not to just me and franzi but also to the kids. With the kids, you were like the big sister. Keeping am eye on them while they played. Sometimes joining in the chaos, some times just supervising from the sidelines. There is a picture i love of the kids playing cards on the deck and there you are in the middle of their little circle. It looks like you are in the middle of a card game with them. Sitting up straight as an arrow and closely watching them play their cards.
With Franzi and I , you have been our loyal campanion almost since the day we got married more than 13 years ago. From the day we adopted you, you were with us no matter where we went, what we were doing, or who we were with. Our long walks around richmond va and our road trips to the vineyards, beach and mountains and towns in that area i will never forget about.
I’ll never forget the first night we lit a fire in our hotel room in the vineyard in virginia and you started barking and charged at the fire. Fearless protector. At the same time, like a newborn learning about things around you with wonderment and bewilderment.
I have endless memories with you, puppy. Our years in virginia, first in our apartment on main street, then our house on sunset avenue. Finally our move to vermont and the new house.
You were always game for anything we threw your way, as long as we were all together.
Something that always surprised me with you were your facial expressions. I always thought you looked like a person the way you made faces. It was always so obvious what was on your mind by the expression on your face. Your big smile. Your excitement. Your hunger. Your curiosity followed by your ticklish sniffles.. your joy for life. Your playfulness. Man you could play catch for hours. I would throw you a tennis ball, as far as i could, and you would sprint to it and sprint back to me with the ball. But then you would never drop it!! We had to always try to distract you to get you to drop the ball so that we could throw it again! This would go on for hours….
I want to tell you that you are a part of me and who we are. You affected us and contributed to our lives in such a significant way, more than you’ll ever know. I want to tell you how much we all love you and how much we’ll miss you. You are forever our goody girl, puppy stuppy, our seal head bug face. I love you with all my heart and will always miss you. Good night sweet puppy.
