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For Loopy
by SHERRY G HEIM → (All Poetry by SHERRY G HEIM)
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My friends' 15+ year old dog, Loopy, passed away this week. She was a real sweetheart. They asked me to write some words for them about her. Tearfully I did so.


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For Loopy


 

You were always here for us

Greeting us when we would return or lying at our feet

Running the fence line, protecting our home

 

For so many years, you graced our lives

Our sweet angel in a Labrador wrap

Giving your all, asking only for our love in return

 

You never failed to bring a smile to our faces

The way you would fall all over yourself

When we would praise you as a “Good Girl”

 

You were a true and loyal companion

Your pretty “smile” still warms our hearts,

As your spirit now runs happy and free

 

You leave an empty space

In our hearts and in our home

Your Critter Friends are lost and sad without you

 

Time will lessen our feelings of grief

But it will not erase you from our hearts

You will always remain a member of our family

 

You rest now, free of your earthly wounds

Sleeping peacefully in the yard where you played

Surrounded by your friends and those who left before you


 

Sherry Gail Heim

January 22, 2005

Copyright © Sherry Gail Heim 2005

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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 Reviews of "For Loopy"
Reviewed on January 29, 2005
Wonderful tribute for your beloved pet, Loopy! Pets are our constant companion for all their lives, and their loyalty speaks volume of their devotions to us.

Thank you so much for sharing this sentimental piece!

Sandie Angel a.k.a. Sandie May Angel :o)

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on January 28, 2005
This is a wonderful and moving tribute, Sherry. Love and peace. Regis

Reviewed by Joshua Miller (Reader)
Reviewed on January 28, 2005
Pets are grand! Sorry for your loss!

Reviewed on January 27, 2005
sorry about your pet Sherry, great poem of remembrance. l&p G

Reviewed by William Bonilla
Reviewed on January 27, 2005
A lovely piece for
A loving pet

William .....Peace & Love

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader)
Reviewed on January 26, 2005
I love this Sherry, your heart is showing.

Reviewed by Nila Jamier (Reader)
Reviewed on January 25, 2005
Wonderful tribute to your friend. They become family members since my dog passed of 11 years i refrain from another pet for all the pain it would cost.

Reviewed by Kate Burnside
Reviewed on January 24, 2005
Seems to me we are all on some kind of pet-page at the moment. This is beautiful and I'm sure your friends will treasure this homage to their dear departed friend. I think animals have the ability to bring out our deepest expressions of feeling because they absorb everything without ever having an agenda of their own, have no pride or self-awareness, and have only love and loyalty to give. Being the centre of any home, I dread to think what happens when the lynchpin of their life is taken away... leaving a gaping hole indeed. Sensitive and tender portrayal, Sherry. TY Kate xx

Reviewed by Mary Quire
Reviewed on January 24, 2005
This is such a beautiful tribute to a loyal friend. Fifteen for a lab is awesome. Your friends were truly blessed.

M.Rose

Reviewed by Handsum Hart
Reviewed on January 24, 2005
A fine tribute and thoughtful write.

Take care
HH

Reviewed on January 23, 2005
Ah Sherry, I am so sorry for the loss of your dear pet, this was a lovely tribute to her..

Reindeer

Reviewed by ~Indigo~ Elga
Reviewed on January 23, 2005
Dear Sherry,

Beautifully and lovingly penned, your friends are blessed to have you as a dear friend. It is never easy to lose a pet, who has become part of the "family". My thoughts are with them.

warm hugs
Elga

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on January 23, 2005
The guard of the yard got her just due. Sweet write.

Ron

Reviewed on January 23, 2005
loopy will be missed; beautiful tribute to man's best friend!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in tx., karen lynn. :( >tears <

believe me, i have been there; nothing sadder than losing a furry friend!

Reviewed on January 23, 2005
Sherry,

Man's best friend is Dog.
"Dog," when spelled backwards, is "God."
What better tribute?

This is a haiku I once wrote for a friend's dog. Dogs love us despite ourselves. They are loyal, trustworthy, and wonderful companions. You've penned a beautiful tribute to Loopy. :) Well done!

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. :)

Reviewed by George Jackson
Reviewed on January 23, 2005
A wonderful poem. Its amazing, how much we grow to love them, our four-legged friends. So much so, that to call them "pets" is an injustice.

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on January 23, 2005
I think sometimes the loss of our four legged froends can be as heartbreaking and sad as theloss of our two legged ones.
NIce write and nice tribute
Felix

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on January 23, 2005
Loopy sounds like a marvelous furry friend, Sherry, and you have written a marvelous tribute to her which I'm sure your friends will appreciate for a very long time. Dogs truly are magnificent creatures, and I truly wish they could live longer. It often seems like a cruel aspect of life to me that man's best friend has such a smaller life span than man.

Reviewed by Kay P Devenish
Reviewed on January 23, 2005
When I saw the title I thought it must have been written for me,(wink wink)Sherri,your heartfelt loving words in this beautiful poem reflect
the sort of lady you are,animal lovers are such warm special souls,the world needs more folk like you...I loved this poem.
Best wishes
from
kay
and,I am so sorry about
'the sweet angel in a Labrador wrap' (I am sure there is a heaven for pets too sherri,dear Loopy will be there.)

Reviewed by Lisa Hilbers
Reviewed on January 23, 2005
Sherry, Now I'm crying! They are part of our families..we nurse them, they nurse us, we love them, they love us. They are most assuredly more loyal than any human ever thought of being, and they speak to us, through their actions.
I've lost animals that I grieved for deeper than some humans I've known.
I know your friends are grateful to you for this wonderful tribute to their Loopy.
Grand write Sherry!

Lisa

Reviewed by Andy Turner (Reader)
Reviewed on January 23, 2005
A labby, I just love them, just had to have mine put down, I told her she'll be greated by St fransis, and see all the other pets we had.
Then I closed her eyes. First time seen my dad cry..

I had to do the same a while back, and called it animal angels, was for a young lad.

If pets don't go to heaven, then it would be kinda boring..

Great tribute..

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on January 23, 2005
considerate and moving tribute ...

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on January 23, 2005
Beautyful tribute Sherry!!

Sorry about your loss!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on January 22, 2005
beautiful write :-)

Reviewed by Tracey L. O' Very (Reader)
Reviewed on January 22, 2005
Oh Sherry I am so sorry for your Loopy being called Home. She and Scamper went paw in paw up to live with Jesus freely to romp and play on the soft billowy clouds. Such a Beautiful Lovely and Loving tribute to Loopy.
I'll plant a cactus for your family in Memory Gardens Just for you and Loopy and all your furry family.
I'm so sorry Sherry. Truly sorry.
Love Tracey A Big Hug and Kiss for all of you! XOOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Reviewed by Michelle Mills
Reviewed on January 22, 2005
Oh Sherry, my heart weeps for Loopy's family. I know very well how they must be hurting. How lovely for them that they have you to immortalize their friend in such a way. This is so beautiful. Michelle

Reviewed by Judy Lloyd (Reader)
Reviewed on January 22, 2005
I share in the loss of a beloved pet and what a gorgeous dog. You did a beautiful job on this one.

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on January 22, 2005
Sherry this is a wonderful remembrance for your friends to
treasure as a keepsake of Loopy. Beautifully written!

Love Eileen


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