03/05/2026
Stay Awhile
You came into my life like sunshine…
a blonde bombshell with four soft paws, hair and tail swinging like a happy song that knew my heart before I spoke.
Miss Reese, you had a way
of looking straight through the noise of the world and finding the quiet place in me that needed you most.
Your golden coat caught the light
like morning on fresh grass.
Eyes warm, steady, knowing,
as if you understood every word
I never said out loud.
You stayed beside me through ordinary days, those simple, sacred moments, a walk, a nap, a hand on your head, the small things that now feel like treasures.
If love could bargain with time,
I would have asked the clock one favor, just a whisper more of your footsteps across the floor.
Just one more look that said,
“I’m here.”
January 28th took you somewhere quiet beyond the reach of my voice,
but the echo of you lingers in every sunbeam on the floor, in every silence that once held your breathing.
So if heaven has wide fields
and warm patches of light,
I hope you run like you always did,
beautiful, bright, unstoppable.
And if somehow you can hear me
through whatever sky you now roam,
come sit beside my memory
for just a little while.
Stay awhile, Miss Reese.
Stay awhile. 🐾💕🐶
…you were EVERYTHING My Girl!!!
10/30/2011 - 01/28/2026