Dogs always leave a scar on our hearts.....and each one is so different. Shi-tzus are pretty cute.....my son had one. Do you have a dog now?

The one we had before Abbey, died in 2015. He was too young. He'd just turned 8 and got cancer in his spine. He was so amazing - an Australian Shepherd. My husband was heartbroken. I didn't want another dog but HAD to so we got Abbey., the giant teddy bear.

@johnjgeddes , my husband, wrote this poem about Levi

I don’t want Time to erase
Your sad face;
Hurt me
With absence
And be the hole in me
That shows
Part of me is gone.

John wrote this poem after Levi died March 25, 2015

I want to have it engraved in a stone for the garden. I'll have to see where I can have that done.