“Toby”
December 11, 1996 – September 4 2012
One year has past since we lost our precious Toby. Not a moment of thought has been without him. Seconds, minutes, days and months have crept upon us without him by our side. We remember the moment we parted as if it happened seconds ago. Quite simply the worst day of my life.
Toby did everything with us. He was with us from the beginning. We got him while my wife and I were in our first apartment. He was with us on our honeymoon. We were elated the day we took him to our new house where he finally had a yard to run free, and run he did. That little dog was so fast!
It’s hard for many to understand how we could have loved Toby so much. It’s impossible to explain how he loved us more! Foot for foot for nearly sixteen years, our constant best friend. Toby could look at us and we would see the thoughts in his mind. His eyes exuded love.
They say time heals all; I say bullshit. There is a scar, a cavity, a void in my heart that will never be filled in this world. I pray each day that God will bring us together in the promise land. I pray there is a Rainbow Bridge where all the dogs of this world who have passed play happily and wait for their owners to join them.
I miss you Toby, I miss you my son. I miss you so very very much. I pray we will be together again.