In Memorial To our golden friends

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Dear Golden Endings Rescue,   Thank you for the opportunity to add my beloved golden "Murphy" to your memorial. Murphy was my second golden, I lost my first goldie "Molly" to cancer in 1996.  

I got Murphy at 8 weeks old and I had her for 12 years. She was incredibly smart, funny, talented and beautiful. I was lucky enough to be able to take her with me to work every day for the first five years of her life. When we moved to Ohio in 2001 and got a new job she had to stay home and that was sad for both of us.  

Unfortunately Murphy got an eye disease called Pigmentary Uveitis and lost her right eye in 2004. We opted for a prosthetic though and she was a trooper through that and the years that followed. Since the disease is (usually) bilateral she required medication and eye drops in her good eye several times a day for the rest of her life.  

She never gave me a hard time about getting those eye drops and medication - it simply was part of her routine. She'd come when I called for her and sit patiently while I put the drops in, gave her medication and of course kissed her afterwards on the head for being so sweet.  

She went with us everywhere. On vacations, to visit family in other states (many!) and on cross country skiing adventures, hiking, and camping. Murphy loved life and going where ever - the store, the bank, oh and her favorite - Dairy Queen.  

It was a year in August since we lost her and my heart still aches without her - even though we have adopted two new dogs and fostered several over the past year. I wear a locket that contains some of her ashes so she is always with me. Her picture and story are on the wall at The Dog Chapel in Vermont.  

I admire the work you do to help these wonderful dogs find homes and the help they need and deserve to have happy lives. There are so many tragic situations out there that cause dogs to end up homeless.
So - thank you.    

Thank you again.  
Sincerely, Deb Holdren

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Dear Golden Endings Rescue,
 
How wonderful to find a spot to memorialize my amazing Golden, Jordan. I lost her at age 14 only a few weeks ago.  I now find myself going to Golden sites on the web to see her face again, and contemplate whether or not I am ready to open my heart to another Golden.
 
Her apparent goal in life was to take care of me, and she did a good job with that.  Even toward the end of her admittedly long life, her concern was always for me.  When she could no longer jump on my bed at night, I slept with her on the floor so we could touch each other, and she died in my arms.
 
I had never known such a happy dog.  She was always smiling, and never let on that she might not feel well. I never met anyone who did not fall in love with her, and she pretty much loved everyone she came in contact with - and if she was stand-offish with someone, I stayed clear of that person.  She certainly let me know if there was anyone coming close to the house, but I used to joke that if anyone ever broke in she would just love them to death.
 
One of my favorite memories of her was her bath time.  I would tell her it was time for her bath and get her shampoo from under the kitchen sink.  She would follow me into the bathroom and when I would get her towel from the linen closet, I would turn around and find her sitting patiently in the tub. She had a very close relationship with our big grey tom cat who helped raise her.  They bathed each other frequently, and I think he misses her as much as I do.
 
I have had a hard time dealing with her loss.  My children tell me that she was lucky to be loved so much and that she knew it.  But I know that I was the lucky one to have had her open her life and her heart to me.
 
Thanks for all you do,
Karla Smith