My Angel Bubba (07-25)
My first foster failure left for the bridge on Dec 18th at 10:30 am. It was a short bout with cancer. My wonderful goofy boy was not himself for about a week or so before he stopped eating all together. When I took him in we thought it was just a type of intestinal infection and tried treating with antiboditics. But he wasn’t getting any better so we did an ultra sound and found he had cancer in his liver. I found out on Wednesday and the decision was made to release him from his pain on Friday. Bubba made me smile every single day. I was amazed at his vocabulary and all the things he knew how to do. Bubba was Buddy when he arrived at my home but never answered to that name so I just called him Bubba and he seemed to take to that name, so Bubba he became. This wonderful boy was a big fat mess at 108 lbs but when I saw his sugar face it was love at first sight when I picked him up to just be an emergency foster his fate was sealed and he became a permanent member of the golden gang.
Bubba, when he first came to my house as a fat boy! Well the boy lost 30 lbs and was on Thyroid meds and he acted like a pup playing with my 3 year old wild child golden Luna. Bubba would carry my groceries for me or anything else that I had in my hand that he thought I need help with. He could sit up, speak, sit in a bar stool chair, crawl, play dead, roll over and was the best snuggler. I miss him more that I can say .He loved our walks and never seem to want to run off. He was picked up as a stray 3 times and the last time the people that owned him had a disconnected phone and the house was vacant. Their loss my gain! People say that it was me who gave him a second chance at happiness but it was he who made my life brighter. When Bubba left he took a piece of my heart and the light that always seemed to shine when I get home is a little dimmer now. I was lucky to have enjoyed my wonderful boy for 2 ½ years. An eternity for a dog but just a flash for me. He was truly loved and will be missed by Carol, Cozmo, Michael, Luna, and Clarence the cat. Clarence thinks hes a golden so we aren’t telling him any different. 
This was sent by another friend who lost her dog right before I lost my Sweet Bubba.
“Cryin’ For Me (Wayman’s Song)”
Got the news on Friday morning
But a tear I couldn’t find
You showed me how I am supposed to live
Now you showed me how to die
I was lost til Sunday morning
I woke up to face my fear
While writing you this good bye song I found a tear
I’m going to miss that smile
I’m going to miss you my friend
Even though it hurts the way it ended up
Id do it all again
So play it sweet in heaven
Cause that’s right where you want to be
I’m not cryin’ cause I feel so sorry for you
I am cryin’ for me
I got up and dialed your number
Your voice came on the line
That old familiar message
I have heard a thousand times
It just said, sorry that I missed you
Leave a message and god bless
I know that you think I am crazy
But I just had to hear your voice I guess
I’m going to miss that smile
I’m going to miss you my friend
Even though it hurts the way it ended up
Id do it all again
So play it sweet in heaven
Cause that’s right where you want to be
I’m not cryin’ cause I feel so sorry for you
I am cryin’ for me
Oh
So play your upsidedown, left handed
Backward bass guitar
I’ll see you on the other side superstar
I’m going to miss that smile
I’m going to miss you my friend
Even though it hurts the way it ended up
I’d do it all again
So play it sweet in heaven
Cause that’s right where you want to be
I’m not cryin’ cause I feel so sorry for you
I am cryin’ for me
I’m still cryin’
I’m cryin’ for me
Oh
I’m still cryin’
