Happy Birthday

Photo: Elizabeth's Stormy Liberty ~ Chinese Pug
Portrait by Suzi Reil

This portrait was painted from a photo I took of Libby
                                                                                                                       

Today, Libby would have been 25 years old.

We adopted her one stormy night,

 it was  September 17th, 2001. 

The world had just been through a very bad time

and we adopted this most wonderful girl.

(Thus her name)

Libby worked her way into all of our hearts.

Lauren & Jamison did not want a Pug ,

 but they soon came to love her 

as she loved them.

But Libby was my girl.

She posed for photos that I leased 

to outside sources and she was 

my constant nurse during 

my first breast cancer treatments.

Her perfectly round head fit 

into the palm of my hand and her eyes were beautiful.

On the day that she crossed the rainbow 

bridge, (Thursday~April 27th,2017) 

she and I curled up in bed 

and cuddled all day. 

I cried a lot and she knew what was happening.

We always loved being together.

So today, 

I whisper Happy birthday to my dear girl.

Libs, I miss you every day 

and I know that you are waiting for me.....

I will see you one day.

I love you beyond the moon.

Me