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| Jasmine Rade August 3, 2003 - April 12, 2013 |
We have so wished she could have enjoyed at least one more summer at her ranch. And she would have really loved it this year, with the temperatures being so nice and cool.
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| Jasmine, August 2003 |
Almost ten years is a decent age for a Rottie, particularly one who had faced all the health challenges that Jasmine has. More importantly, with the exception of short periods of medical disasters, she lived a full and happy life. She never held back, her zest for life was phenomenal.
Almost ten years, was that enough? Not to us it wasn't.
But so wouldn't have been eleven or twelve. We might have felt a bit better about the time she's got but we would have missed her just as much.
"George Bernard Shaw lived (almost) a hundred years. Is that a lot? No, because he could have lived another hundred years and he'd still have something to say."
~Jan Werich, actor, playwright and writer
That's how I feel about Jasmine. She'd still have places to go, people to see, autographs to sign (literally), things to sniff, steaks to eat, love to give, lives to change.
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| Boating. Not really Jasmine's favorite thing, so we didn't do it again. |
She certainly changed my file.
Through her journey, she helped other dogs and her story can continue to do so. That is her legacy. She also saved Bruin's life and is about to save another—we are looking to adopt a Rottie to honor her memory.
I've learned so much because of her.
I just wish I would have known what I know now from the start. Jasmine would have deserved somebody who knew what the heck they were doing all along. But our journey, as it were, has made me what I am today. It wouldn't have happened any other way. And it had to be Jasmine.
No other dog could have ever made me love so much, try so hard, learn so diligently. No other dog could have made me what I am today.
I've put everything into making her happy, taking care of her, learning how to conquer her medical issues and how to make her life good.
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| Jasmine's "den" under the trailer. |
However much I wish things had happened differently, the love we shared cannot be taken away from us.
Jasmine, my life will be forever be different because of you, and I will love you always. It was a privilege to have you in our lives and we are grateful for for every day and every minute we got to spend with you.
While we mourn Jasmine's absence, we celebrate the gift of the time we did get to share.
Because Jasmine cannot enjoy her birthday steak today, we have donated 20 pounds of dog food to our vet's pet food bank. Because we cannot take Jasmine for her birthday walk, we are taking a walk down the memory lane.
We cannot give any more good things to Jasmine but we can honor her memory in everything we do.
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| Jasmine celebrating her 9th birthday |
From the communicator:
She is doing just fine, she tells me, and she shows me an image of her running full out in a field, her nose up in the air as if chasing a scent, her ears flopping as she runs.
Jasmine, you are in our hearts forever.
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