CH CHYLISHA'S KALEILA V LADDY TT

01-05-1992 to 20-10-2003

Leila, my Baby girl, my daughter, my friend, she meant everything to me, my most precious Rotti girl

 

Old Dog In A Locket Old dog in a locket. That lies next to my heart I will always love you As I did right from the start. You were right beside me Through the darkest of my days It was your kind and gentle nature That made me want to stay. Now I hold you in my arms Your breath still warm against my hand Our hearts still beat together And I wonder if you understand. Through the hours that I held you Before the light did leave your soul I knew a way to keep you Forever in my hold. I snipped the hair from around your eyes So I would always see The beauty that surrounds me Even in times of need. I snipped the hair from around your ears So I would always hear Music in the distance To quiet all my fears. I snipped the hair from around your back To bring me strength in time of need And the power in your essence Would always be with me. I snipped the hair from around your heart That beat in time with mine So I'd know your love would find me At some distant time. And so your life slipped out of mine On a quiet fall day But I knew that a part of you Was always here to stay. Old dog in a locket. That lays next to my heart I will always love Even though we had to part. *Author Unknown*

That's where I carry her, in a Locket around my neck, with a picture and part of her ashes. Leila will live on forever in my heart, there is no other who can replace this incredible void in my heart, yet I will try to be strong and trust that one day  I will cradle her again in my arms, swim in warm waters, throw the tennis ball and stick, and rest my head on her belly while watching the blue sky. Until then I know she is watching over me and is close to me every day. Yes I speak in the "I" and "me" because she was MY GIRL, yet loved by my family and everyone who met her, as she loved them. But her and me became ONE in every way.

 

Late August 2003, god did she love the water and swam like a fish, this was the last time we went to the River together and then I did not know YET that it would end.

Nanaimo River

Leila's last days with her grand daughter "Sassy" by her sight.