Sunday, January 9, 2011

A gift for all who l♥ved, and mourn, the Luke...

This morning I received an email from Ann of Zoolatry, who has much more talent with PhotoShop than most folks I know. Inside was a gift from her to all of us whose lives were touched by our gentle the Luke. This button is free for the taking and free for the using because, after all, the Luke gave all he had to the world freely and without reservation.

Of course, Ann's gift has me bawling again (I don't think all that salt is good for my recently operated on eye) but that is what us humans do when we mourn. Our furry companions do otherwise - they mourn a little, they move on and they celebrate life. I hope today all of us who mourn the Luke's completion of his Circle of Life do a little celebrating, too. I'm sure he would like that - very much.

PeeEss: In order to grab the button, click on it and then you can copy it from the screen that pops up!
National Canine Cancer Foundation

19 comments:

Angel Tucker, Daisy and Leo said...

What a beautiful button. We will miss him so much.

Tucker and Daisy

P.S. when we tried to copy the button for our blog it said it was in a no-fetch zone. Perhaps you could post the code?

JacksDad said...

What a very nice idea!!

♥I am Holly♥ said...

How very beautiful and thoughtful. We want to use his bottom forever on our blog. We will always remember him and love him. I can't seem to quit crying either. This has touched me in a way that I never thought possible. I haven't cried this much since I lost Alex. Lots of love to you and give your dear Scout and Freyja big hugs from us. Debbie and Holly

Anonymous said...

thank you... I'll miss Luke

rottrover said...

very beautiful.

Golden Samantha said...

So very generous and thoughtful of Ann - as you wrote - like Luke. Thank you Mimi for posting - leaky here too.
Hugs xoxo
Sammie and Avalon

Asta said...

Scout and Fwey

You awe so wight.doggies undewtand mowe. We know that The Luke would want us to celebwate his life and ll ouw fwiends..Mommi is leaking all ovew the pootew but twying to see the celebwation pawt.
Thank you fow the bootiful button fow my bloggie
I will miss The Luke vewy much.
smoochie kisses
Asta

Tweedles -- that's me said...

I know your heart is crying,,
i can feel it in MY heart.
Luke was so courageous. He was loved by so many, and now our paws are around his family.
That is a beautiful button, to help heal hearts, and reminders about brave Luke.
love
tweedles

Sheila and Bob said...

There are no words.

Hamish & Sophie &
Mom & Dad
Sheila & Bob

Unknown said...

Thank u for this button. We are very very saddened by the news that Luks is gone. We had known him for a very short time, but even then we had grown to love him like an old friend.
He will remain in our hearts forever.
Hope his family will find the strength to celebrate his life and courage ...like u said, he will definitely like it
love n hugs, Buddy, Ginger n Shadow too

Elaine Pritchard said...

What a lovely button. It's on my blog now.


Love and licks Winnie

Molly the Airedale said...

It's just beautiful. Our hearts break for Luke's family.

Love ya lots
Maggie and Mitch

Sagira said...

Very sorry to hear about your friend Luke. :(

Anonymous said...

Love the button. We will def put it up next thing. Thank you for the sweet note.

Paige and Simba

houndstooth said...

We were really sad to learn the news about The Luke!

We sure hope your eye is feeling better, too!

NAK and The Residents of The Khottage Now With KhattleDog! said...

It is the furst pikh on my Monday post -

Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra

Anonymous said...

Thanks guys. So gracious of y'all and Ms. Ann to make such a fitting tribute button available to us all; it has made our tough dad misty eyed again. We've placed it on the top of our blog's right margin. We will celebrate The Luke's life in a short while; but now we need some time to mourn the loss of such an inspirational spirit as The Luke. Ms. Amanda gave Luke that rare second chance that senior shelter dogs seldom see. Many people think that it's too heart breaking to adopt a senior only to face grief like this in a relatively short period of time. But what about the alternative? Luke could have died alone and unloved at the end of a needle in a shelter but he was rescued and truly cared for and loved by Ms. Amanda these past 2 1/2 years. In our eyes the rescue saved both Luke and Ms. Amanda. Ms. Amanda will always have her Luke in her heart, as the button says; "Gone; Never Forgotten."
- TBH&K

Maureen said...

My mom's been crying an awful lot since word came of the Luke's journey to the rainbow bridge. We are proud and honored to use this lovely image to remember him always on our blog.

Big hugs to everyone who loved him, HoneyBuzz

koko said...

We are sorry to hear about Luke... the sky will have an additional bright star tonight.

Licks, hero