Willow Tales: A Rainbow Bridge Too Far - Elli, Oct 2011-May 8, 2025
The Adventures of a Carolina Dog
I still look for her. It still seems that one day I’ll turn the corner and she’ll be sitting there waiting for me.
She’s been gone three weeks now. I’m just getting to the place where I can write about it. But, I know in my heart that she has gone on to a better place - across a Rainbow Bridge, they say.
A place of peace and contentment. And, though it may be a long time, one day I’ll see her there. She’ll be waiting to welcome me to our heavenly pack. No aches, no pain, no gray muzzle or paws. But, right now, it seems like she is so far away.
Elli came to visit me with Pops and G’Mama before I even became a part of the Highland House Pack. It was important that we bonded. She accepted me with open paws.
She must have remembered what it was like when she was taken from her own birth pack and comforted me when I arrived at Highland House.
She became the Mama I needed. She showed me the ropes of pack life and the importance of matriarchy. She was still the leader of our pack and would occasionally have to put me in my place.
We only had nine months together, but it seemed like a lifetime. Road trips, walking to the Beaver Pond, rough housing, I even started going to work with her and G’Mama.
You were the best, Mama Elli. I miss you terribly. Thank you for accepting me, caring for me, teaching me, and loving me.
Lot’s of Face Licks, my sweet Pack Mama. You will always be in my memory.
I love you,
Willow
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Aw. My black lab was Lily and they are together now, romping. *tears* Every time I get a dog I think "I am going to outlive you so that you do not become sad" and when the time comes, you know... so much love.