[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: showgsd-l Digest V3 #3747
- From: "Robert Dir" <dir@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Santanagsd1954@xxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:50:56 -0600
Well Barb--it was a treasure--as are you.
Will be in touch in a day or 2 on a PVT basis. Thank you for all the
wonderful writings and opinions you have. Your wonderful analysis of events
going on in this breed are just awesome! Thanks Barb.
Sandi
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From: <Santanagsd1954@xxxxxx>
To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 12:31 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: showgsd-l Digest V3 #3747
> In a message dated 12/29/2006 8:40:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, Showgsd-
> Msg: #9 in digest
> From: BJBuie@xxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:57:41 EST
> Subject: Re: When I grow old poem
>
> In a message dated 12/29/06 1:05:20 AM Central Standard Time,
> Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>
>>Grow Old With Dogs
>>
>>When I am old...
>>I will wear soft gray sweatshirts and a bandana over my silver hair,
>>and I will spend my social security checks on wine and my dogs.
>>I will sit in my house on my well-worn chair and listen to my dogs'
>>breathing.
>>I will sneak out in the middle of a warm summer night and take my dogs for
>>a
>
>>run, if my old bones will allow.
>>
>>When people come to call, I will smile and nod as I show them my dogs,
>>and talk of them and about them......
>>
>>the ones so beloved of the past and the ones so beloved of today.
>>
>>I will still work hard cleaning after them, mopping, washing, brushing,
>>and
>>feeding them, and whispering their names in a soft loving way.
>>I will wear the gleaming sweat on my throat, like a jewel and I will be an
>>embarrassment to all, especially my family, who have not yet found the
>>peace in being free to have dogs as your best friends.
>>These friends who always wait, at any hour, for your footfall, and eagerly
>>jump to their feet out of a sound sleep, to greet you as if you are a God.
>>With warm eyes full of adoring love and hope that you will always stay,
>>I'll
>
>>hug their big strong necks.
>>I'll kiss their dear sweet heads, and whisper in their very special
>>company.
>>I look in the mirror and see I am getting old.
>>This is the kind of person I am, and have always been.
>>Loving dogs is easy, They are part of me.
>>Please accept me for who I am.
>>My dogs appreciate my presence in their lives; they love my presence in
>>their lives.
>>When I am old this will be important to me.
>>You will understand when you are old....
>>if you have dogs to love too.
>>
>>author unknown
>>
>>
>>
>
> Didn't Barb Williams author this. I know she took the poem about wearing
> purple when growing old and "fixed it" for dog people and this may be the
> version.
>
> Betty Johnson
>
>
> YEP!! I DID WRITE IT... IT IS UP ON MY WEBSITE.. SOMEONE CHANGED A FEW
> LINES IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH, IN THIS POSTED ABOVE, VERSION.. ANYONE
> INTERESTED CAN READ THE POEM ON MY
> WEBSITE..WWW.SANTANAGERMANSHEPHERDS.COM OR EMAIL ME
> AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.. THIS POEM HAS BEEN AROUND THE WORLD AND BACK
> SEVERAL TIMES... THE POWER OF THE INTERNET IS AMAZING!!! BARB WILLIAMS
>
>
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