R.I.P. Dakota

DAKOTA

8/15/1997 - 6/24/2009

Dear Lord, please open your gates

and call St. Francis

to come escort this beloved companion

across the Rainbow Bridge.

Assign her to a place of honor,
for she has been a faithful servant
and has always done her best to please.

Bless the hands that send her to you,
for they are doing so in love and compassion,
freeing her from pain and suffering.

Grant them the strength not to dwell on their loss.
Help them remember the details of her life
with the love she has shown them.
And grant them the courage to honor her
by sharing those memories with others.

Let her remember them as well
and let her know that we will always love her.
And when it's our time to pass over into your paradise,
please allow her to accompany those
who will bring us home.

Thank you, Lord,
for the gift of her companionship
and for the time we've had together.

And thank you, Lord,
for granting us the strength
to give her to you now.