My Darling Cindy, How do I express in words what a beautiful soul you are. You were the best mother. Patience, kindness and sacrifice, I take lessons from you. You were a boisterous pup and so intelligent. You would follow me around watching me curiously as I picked flowers from the garden and then arranged them in a vase inside the house. Looking at me strangely as if to say "Hey, I thought you are smart and now you act so dumb." One funny incident was when a couple of Nuns stayed over and in the night they were singing hyms and you came charging in and braked hard and tilted your head looking at them curiously. The younger Nun almost chocked trying to keep her giggles down. When we got Chip home you automatically took over caring for him. I did not have to teach him how to shake hands or any other command. He learnt all from watching you. You and Chip would run around in the rain and roll around in puddles; Chip would drag you by your ears. As you both got older you started dragging him by his ears! Now that he's joined you, I wonder who is dragging whom by the ear. Those were our best days right ? The days we lived in the apartment on the outskirts of the town. I am glad we could share so much together. It seems like yesterday when you had the first litter of 9 puppies. You were so careful not to squash any of your puppies. I was amazed to find one pup under your stomach and you had flexed your stomach so that the puppy would not get squashed. You loved puppies so much that you would go after stray pups and get chased back by the mother. I remember the way you both would look at me with tears in your eyes as the last of your pups was taken away esp when Chika who stayed with us for 5 months went to her new home. You know I did my best to get the best homes for them. Everyone was interviewed thoroughly. We got you spayed so that you would not keep littering and destroy your health. Little did I know that the vet would make such a mess. After so many years when you started developing tumors, our current vet said that maybe part of the uterus was left behind. I was so concerned about you about how I would know when you were in pain since you were the strong and silent type. You would only come to me when you were sick. You started wasting away and I could not bear to see you in so much pain with your head flopping around helplessly. Putting you down was one of the hardest things I had to ever do. Watching as the light suddenly went out from your eyes. Nothing would have prepared me for that. I am so sorry that you had to suffer so much pain my Baby girl. Now Chip has joined you just 3 months after you passed away. You were both my little angels.