A Love Letter to George

Dear George,

Favourite time of the year for George!

We miss you very much, our dearest puppy. It was exactly a year ago that you passed on. We have thought about you every single day since you went. We miss you terribly much, the pain in our hearts is excruciating but we are so happy that you are no longer in pain, and we are so happy that we had you in our lives.

We finally moved to California! After all those years of talking about it and moving around in England, you never really thought it would happen. But maybe you did, and you were too tired to do this journey with us. You would like California - we are near beaches and chips! Your two favourite things up in Newcastle! I know since we moved to London, you have hardly seen a beach (not a real one anyway; a beach with pebbles isn't quite a beach ...) and definitely less chips as the chippie isn't on your walking route anymore. But here, we have sandy beaches, many of them all in one stretch! And chips that are nice and crunchy on the outside and oh so fluffy on the inside. And sunshine George! The sunshine! Oh, you would love lying in the sun! I remember how in England you would find even the smallest sliver of sunshine in the cold, damp, wet weather and lie in it, sunning yourself. It was like you were solar powered; I just loved watching you snooze and doze there. Here, there is sunshine all around, and you could lie around in it all day.  We have a bigger house here for you George, and bigger fields not to mention mountains and streams to forge. I know you don't like streams too much having fallen into a lake once and thinking you were going to drowning (we wouldn't have let you darling George, and anyway, it was mostly the shock. You found your feet after!). Daddy and I did laugh so, poor George! I know you didn't think it funny because you wouldn't go near a body of water forever after that. But you would paddle in the sea and you loved how the waves touched your paws, letting them lap gently on your toe-claws! You would love the sea here and you would find it a treat to bark at the huge crashing waves! I wonder what you would have thought of the seals that are here too, the otters and the birds of prey that circle up ahead. It would have been so exciting for you!

I am sure there is sunshine where you are now George, all the time. With a cool floor for you to lie on and your nice comfy bed to sleep in. We still have Sheepsies with us and your blankets that you used to love lying on and colonising, stealing them from us (we always forgave you), waiting for you. We miss you awfully much puppy, and we will see you over the rainbow bridge some day. In the meantime, keep that spot warm for us.

Love, your family.
xoxoxo