I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT ROCKY WAS BORN FOR ME...INSPITE OF ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS HE WAS THE ONE ASPECT OF MY LIFE WHICH GAVE ME HAPPINESS AND SOLACE..WHEN HE DIED I WASNT AROUND AND HE HAD TO BE BURIED BY THE TIME I COULD ARRIVE..HAVING BROUGHT HIM UP SO LOVINGLY..HE HAD TO BE BURIED IN THE MID OF THE NIGHT SECRETLY NEAR THE BOUNDARY WALL OF A BURIAL GROUND SINCE MY SERVANTS WHO WERE THE ONLY ONES AT HOME WHEN HE DIED AND THEY COULDNT FIND A  BETTER PLACE FROR HIM...I LIVE TODAY I WALK TODAY..I GO THROUGH THE ENDLESS CHORES OF MY LIFE WITH A LUMP IN MY THROAT AND A HEAVINESS  IN MY HEART..I DONT EXPECT ANYONE TO UNDERSTAND MY PAIN..BUT I KNOW HOW IT FEELS...HE WAS MY BABY..I BROUGHT HIM UP..HE COMMUNICATED SO MUCH WITH ME THAT I NEVER FELT THAT HE HAD A NEGATIVE ASPECT IN HIM THT HE COUDNT TALK....HE GAVE ME SO MUCH ON UNCONDITIONAL LOVE..UNTIL ROCKY CAME INTO MY LIFE I DIDNT KNOW WHAT THT WAS..HE TAUGHT ME THE MEANING OF IT...HE WAS CRAZY ABOUT BALLS..HE HAD THIS ONE BALL WHICH USED TO MAKE NOISE WHEN ROLLED OR PLAYED WITH..ITS 15 DAYS SINCE HE PASSED..THE SOUND STILL GOES IN MY EARS AND MIND..I DONT KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS..I THOUGHT I WOULDNT BE ABLE TO WALK..MY LEGS WENT NUMB..MY HEART AND MIND WENT NUMB..BUT I DECIDED TO FIGHT IT BACK..I DECIDED NOT TO STOP MY DAILY CHORES FOR I KNOW I WILL SINK...I PRAY GOD THAT HE KEEPS ROCKY HAPPY WHEREVER HE IS..HE WAS MY GUARDIAN ANGEL AND MANY AT TIMES MOTHERED ME IN LITERAL TIMES....I STILL CAN VISUALIZE HIS FACE..I KNOW I CAN GO ON AND ON..I JSUT PRAY THT HES HAPPY WHERE EVR HE IS...I AM SURE A PET OWNER WOULD KNOW WHAT I MEAN..AM SURE WE ALL KNOW LOVE HAPPENS WITH TIME..I LOVED HIM TOO WITH TIME..I GOT SO MUCH IN RETURN THAT HE WAS IN REALITY A RAINBOW IN MY LIFE..HE TAUGHT ME UNCONDITIONAL LOVE..TAUGHT ME THAT LOVE NEEDNT BE TOLD IN WORDS,U DONT NEED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO TELL SOMEONE U LOVE THEM BUT AN HONEST WELCOME WHEN U COME HOME,A SWEET LICK ON THE FACE,OR A PAW SAYING "SORRY " OR "THANKYOU" ...AND MUCH MUCH MORE..WE NEED TO APPRECIATE GODS CREATION..HE CREATED MAN SO COMPLICATED AND GAVE SO MANY TALENTS..EVEN THEN WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO LOVE ,EXPRESS OR BE LOVED..BUT AN ANIMAL WHO DOESNT HAVE ALL THESE TALENTS STILL WINS A HEART AND BOWLS U OVER SO MUCH THAT ..ONLY TEARS OF LOVE AND GRATITUDE COME OUT OF YOUR LIFE...!!!!HE LEFT ME WITH A LUMP IN MY THROAT AND A HEAVY HEART..BUT HE WILL REMAIN IN ME AND AS A PART OF ME ALL MY LIFE..I CONSIDER IT A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE AND BE ABLE T LOVE AND BE LOVE DBY HIM...!!!THE RELATIONSHIP WE SHARED HAS NO MEANING BUT STILL IT MEANS AND WILL MEAN THE WORLD TO ME!!!