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Vol 8 No 1
Dedicated to the memory of Monty McFadden
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Remembering Monty
This edition of the GRRI News is dedicated in loving memory of Monty,
beloved 12-year-old rescue Golden of GRRI volunteers Eileen and Drew McFadden.
How I wish we could have shared the first part of your life with you. Things would have been so different. We would have loved to watch your puppy antics; we would have NEVER abandoned you in a park reservation to fend for yourself - frightened, starving, and suffering from cancer. We would have made sure you NEVER ended up in an animal shelter.
But that wasn't meant to be. Thankfully your guardian angel brought you to GRRI-NJ and your life took a dramatic turn. You were cared for - loved - cherished.
How we miss that goofy, lopsided smile; your ever wagging tail; your soft, deep '"WOOF'.
It's so unfair that cancer reared it's ugly head once again and claimed you as its own. But we know that you are at peace now, safe and healing in the Garden of Animals, being cared for by all the wonderful Goldens who have gone on before you. And you in turn will help care for those who come after you. Because that is the way you were.
You never asked for anything - there wasn't a mean bone in your body; you were grateful for anything you were given; you loved everyone and everyone who met you loved you.
We will always be with you and you will always be with us in our hearts until we can be together again...
Old Dog in a Locket
Old dog in a locket
That lies next to my heart
I will always love you
As I did right from the start
You were right beside me
Through the darkest of my days
It was your kind and gentle nature
That made me want to stay
Now I hold you in my arms
Your breath still warm against my hand
Our hearts still beat together
And I wonder if you understand
Through the hours that I held you
Before the light did leave your soul
I knew a way to keep you
Forever in my hold
I snipped the hair from around your eyes
So I would always see
The beauty that surrounds me
Even in times of need
I snipped the hair from around your ears
So I would always hear
Music in the distance
To quiet all my fears
I snipped the hair from around your back
To bring me strength in time of need
And the power in your essence
Would always be with me
I snipped the hair from around your heart
That beat in time with mine
So I'd know your love would find me
At some distant time
And so your life slipped out of mine
On a quiet spring like day
But I knew that a part of you
Was always here to stay
Old dog in a locket.
That lays next to my heart
I will always love you
Even though we had to part
Author Unknown
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