In Memory of Buddha

We got back Buddha today. When we took him to the vet yesterday, Dr. Smith said it could take a couple of days before we get his ashes back. I got the call this morning that they had it. I couldn't handle going there by myself, so Brent met me there late this afternoon.

His ashes are in a nice little container. On the back it has our vet, Friendship Hospital for Animals. Me and Brent's name. Buddha's name. His Breed, which is Dwarf. His color, which is Thuringer. And his weight, which is 3.9 pounds.

I am so glad that we did the private memorial. Dr. Smith guaranteed that it will only be Buddha. Now we have him. We're not going to spread his ashes around the back yard. Number one, the ground is hard. And number two, we'd like to have him wherever we may go.

We even got his little paw prints. His little, itty-bitty paw prints. He was such a small little boy.

This is my Buddha double. When we first got Buddha, it wasn't too long before we had to go to St. Louis for a conference. We had my then boss, Bradley and his family (Kathi [his wife], Kevin and Justin [Brad's two boys] and the cat [I don't remember the cat's name] and Raider the Black lab) watch Buu. I knew I would miss Buddha so much that I bought this brown little stuffed bunnie. The bunnie doesn't look like Buu, but he's brown and small like my Buu, so it will do.

I really miss my boy. I love you Buu-Buu!!!!