Jake

2/10/26 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️

Twenty-Nine Months without you Jakey….gosh, I miss you.

“Sometimes I just need you

I find myself longing for your comforting presence and the warmth of your voice

Your absence leaves a space in my heart that no one else can fill

But in those quiet moments
I always feel your presence~
like a gentle whisper reminding me of all the love and laughter we shared

Though you are gone,
the impact you had on
my life continues to guide me, encouraging me to embrace life with the same courage that you inspire in me

It’s these precious memories that keep you alive in my heart, offering comfort and strength when I need it most

Though you’re not here in person, your spirit continues to be a vital part of my journey forward”

Until we meet again ...

Helen Lapierre
Hello to Heaven

Jakey, you are loved and missed more than I can even begin to tell you. You are the love of my life. Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

2/6/26 My Birthday Boy Jake 🐾❤️🎂 Happy 12th Birthday, Jake!! I can’t believe that another birthday is here that I won’t be able to celebrate with you. I’m really missing you, but I hope you have the best birthday ever in Heaven today, Sweetheart!! I hope Heaven has presents to unwrap, because, oh how you love to unwrap presents!! And you were so very good at it!! It doesn’t even have to be a present, an empty box will do just fine!! I hope you love the video I made you!! Once again, I chose pictures of your most favorite things to do!! I think at the top of that list would be the beach and the water…oh how you loved spending time there!! You also loved your orange Chuck-it ball—no other color would do!! I even tried to sneak in a different orange ball one time and you weren’t having any part of that!! You also loved chasing those sneaky squirrels and barking at open trash can lids!! Do you play hide and seek in Heaven? Did you know that your ball is still in the tree right where you would always find it? Your claw marks are still on the tree from when you reached up for the ball. Sometimes I just touch them and smile—remembering all the fun we had!! And the following you had at work!! People still come in and tell me how much they miss you and how loved you are!! And oh how you loved “Jakey’s Pool”!! I wish you could have had more time to enjoy it. But I can only imagine how beautiful the pool in Heaven is that you’re swimming in now!! Does it have a ball return that you can put the ball in? Have the best birthday ever, my Sweet Boy!! You are my shining star, Jake!! Did you know that I have one particular star in the sky that I call Jakey’s Star? I do!! I will always celebrate you and I thank God every day for blessing me with the honor and privilege of being your Mommy!! You will always be my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Jake!! Always know that there is a special place tucked deeply inside of my heart that is yours and yours alone!! You will always be the love of my life, Jakey!! I love you and miss you more than anything!! Happy 12th Birthday, Jake!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎂🎁🎈🎉🎾💦❤️🙏🏻🐾

1/10/26 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Twenty-eight months without you, my love. I am missing you so much, Jakey. As we come closer to your 12th Birthday, I think of all the fun that we have missed together. My wish for you is that you are having so much fun right now, that you haven’t even had time to miss me. Go play, have fun and chase that orange Chuck-it ball of yours up and down the beach and into Heaven‘s beautiful ocean!! 🐾🎾💦

I'd do it all over again...
Just to have you in my life

Losing someone you love is never easy
It leaves an empty space in your heart that can never be filled

It's difficult to imagine life without them

The pain of their absence can be overwhelming at times

When you think about all the happy memories and moments you shared together, it brings a smile to your face

I wouldn't trade these memories for anything in the world

Even though they are no longer with us, their love and presence will always be in our heart

If given the chance, l'd do it all over again
Even for a little while

Because the love we shared was worth every moment of joy and every tear of sorrow

Until we meet again ...

Helen Lapierre
Hello to Heaven

Yes, absolutely I would do it all over again with you!! Wouldn’t that be amazing?? You will always be my greatest joy, Jakey!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!! Thank you for all of the love, joy and happiness you brought into my life, my Sweet Boy!! Mommy loves you and misses you so much, Jake!! You are the love of my life!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

1/6/26 My Christmas Jake 🐾❤️🎄🎅🏻 Watching our Christmas videos bring back so many precious memories that I will cherish for the rest of my life, Jake!! Oh, how you loved Christmas mornings!! You would come running down the hallway with eager anticipation on finally being able to open up all the presents that you never touched all December long!! You would always open up Santa’s gifts first and then go on to the rest of them that were under the tree!! Jake, I have to say, you will always be the most expert present unwrapper that I have ever seen!! You had a system and it worked perfectly!! The way you would hold your present down with your paws as you tore open your gift was always so much fun to watch!! You would even flip the present over sometimes, just to get the rest of the paper off!! Let’s not forget about the occasional eating of the wrapping or tissue paper that went on, too!! I loved how happy you always were and seeing Christmas through your eyes was an absolute treasure!! I hope you had the most wonderful Christmas ever, Jakey!! You were so missed this year, as you were last year and as you will be for all of our future Christmases to come!! I love you and miss you so very much, Jake!! Thank you for loving me and always being there for me!! I will never be able to thank you enough for all the love, fun, excitement, joy and happiness that you brought into my life!! God truly blessed me when He put you in my life!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!! You will always be the love of my life, Jake!! Even though it's over, Merry Christmas, my Sweet Boy!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾❤️🎾🎄🎅🏻

12/10/25

My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Twenty-Seven months without you, my Sweet Boy.  I often wonder how you spend your days.  I bet there’s a Chuck-it ball involved, maybe a few of them….and that brings a smile to my face!!  Are you chasing it on fluffy green grass or maybe on the beautiful sands of Heaven’s crystal beach??  Or better yet, you’re probably chasing it into the gorgeous ocean waters!!  Then, when you’re done playing, I can almost say for sure that you are shredding that little Chuck-it ball, like you used to do at home!!  I bet you have your shredded little ball pile on a fluffy cloud somewhere!!  Oh, Jakey, to be able to watch you play in Heaven!! 🐾❤️🎾
 
I miss my old life….the one with you in it
 
I miss you
I miss me
I miss us
 
Who I used to be
The old me
The me before
 
When life felt vibrant and colorful
 
Now it feels like a part of me is missing
 
Though I have changed—I carry your spirit with me,
and in doing so, I find strength to continue forward
 
Your love and memories guide me,
urging me to embrace the present and find
joy in new beginnings
 
I miss you
 
Until we meet again
 
--Adapted from--
--Hello to Heaven—
 
I have changed since losing you.  I’m not the same person that I was before.  I hope the old me and you are happy together somewhere.  I miss who I used to be, but I know that you’re watching over me and sending your love my way.  I also know that you sent me Cody, and in him, I have found the love, joy and happiness you want for me!! Thank you, my love!! Watch over us and please keep checking in!!  You will always be my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!! Mommy loves you and misses you more than anything, Jake!!  You will forever be the love of my life!!  Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, Jakey!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

12/6/25

My Precious Jake 🐾🎅🏻 Oh how you loved the Christmas walks we used to take to look at all the beautiful decorations on the houses!! Such precious memories that I will cherish forever!! That time you jumped out of the sleigh sure did make my heart skip a beat!! Some of the best times were when we went with your best friend, Sammy!! I bet you there are amazing and beautiful decoration in Heaven for you and Sammy to look at!! Enjoy them, my Sweet Boy and have fun!!

All the memories come back,
but you never do

These memories are a gift
They are pieces of you that
I get to keep, the parts of
your story that will never fade

And so I cherish them,
holding them close to my heart,
as I move forward —

Without you

Until we meet again…..

—Helen Lapierre—
—Hello to Heaven—

You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!! I love you and miss you so very much, Jakey!! You will always be the love of my life!! Merry Almost Christmas, Jakey!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎅🏻🎄

11/10/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Twenty-six months without you. It feels like forever. It feels like yesterday.

I’ll grieve you for my entire lifetime
I’ll miss you for my entire lifetime
I’ll speak your name for my entire lifetime
I’ll search for signs for my entire lifetime
Until we meet again in Heaven
And I can hold you for eternity

—Adapted from Grief to Glorious Unfolding—

You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Jake!! Thank you for bringing so much love, joy and happiness into my life, my Sweet Boy!! Mommy loves you and misses you more and more each and every day, Jakey!! You will always be the love of my life!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

11/6/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Loving you and missing you always.
 
You still make me smile, even when you’re the reason I’m so sad.
 
The absence of your presence hurts so deeply
 
So I carry you with me in everything I do…
Cherishing the moments we had and
finding strength in love that can never be lost
 
I feel like you’re still here, guiding me through the toughest days, always reminding me of the profound love we share

Your spirit lives on in the smiles you left behind,
and in that — it’s a bittersweet comfort

In your absence, I find strength and in your memory, I find peace

You are gone, but you will remain — forever deep in my soul

And so I smile …..

Not because the pain is gone,
but because your love
and the memories we created together,
continue to fill my heart with joy

Until we meet again …..

—Helen Lapierre—
—Hello to Heaven—

Jakey, you made me smile every day!! I can never thank you enough for all that you gave me--love, joy, happiness and so much more!! When I look at your pictures now, some days there will be smiles and some days there will be tears, but always, there will be love!! Oh, how I missed you on Halloween. But then I miss you every day. You used to love helping me hand out candy to all the kids that would come by!! And Jakey, you were always such a good sport, letting me dress you up in different costumes!! But the last few years, you just wore your Halloween bandana and I'll have to admit, that looked so very good on you!! I think it was your favorite---I know it was mine!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, my Sweet Boy!! Mommy loves you and misses you so very much, Jake!! You will always be the love of my life!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

10/10/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Twenty-five months without you. Loving and missing you more and more each and every day, my Sweet Boy. 🐾❤️

"I couldn't save you. I'm so sorry I couldn't save you, though I tried with all my might. The darkest came so swiftly and I couldn't find the light. I would have traded all my tomorrows to rewrite that fateful day, but time is a cruel master that steals what I won't replay. You slipped through my fingers like sand in the crashing tide and now I'm left with the silence and the ache I cannot hide. If love alone could save you, you'd still be here I know. But now I carry your memory everywhere I go."

--Author Unknown--

You will always be my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Jake!! God was so good to me when He chose me to be your Mommy!! I am beyond blessed that you are mine and I am yours!! Thank you for watching over me and Cody!! I will carry your love with me for the rest of my life!! Mommy loves you and misses you more than you'll ever know, Jakey!! You will forever and always be the love of my life!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

10/6/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Gosh, I miss you and I love you more than you could possibly know. I made it through last month. It used to be such a fun time of year. The temperatures would start to cool down, which allowed us to get outside more to play and go for walks. Now it's a month that will forever remind me that I lost you. And now we're getting so close to the holiday season again. I can't believe that it will be my third one without you, my Sweet Boy. I know you're watching over me and Cody and I can't thank you enough for that, but what I wouldn't give to see you, hold you and kiss you again. You brought so much love, joy and happiness into my life, Jake!! You always knew exactly what to do!! We were so in tune with each other, my Sweet Boy!! Thank you for giving me the best 9 1/2 years of my life, Jake!! I am so very blessed to be your Mommy and I thank God each and every day for you!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!! Mommy loves you and misses you so very much!! You will forever and always be the love of my life Jake!! Mommy loves Jake 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

9/10/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Two years now.  Two long years without you, Jake.  It has been the longest and saddest two years of my life.  I lost myself when I lost you.  You took the old me with you.  I’m not sure if she’ll ever come back.  But that’s okay, because I know that she is with you and we are happy and together, forever.  I still can’t process what happened to you, maybe because it happened so fast.  Nothing in this world broke my heart more than losing you.  I just knew that you were going to live to be at least fourteen years old and hopefully even longer than that. But to have you taken from me so quickly when you were only 9 ½ years old, absolutely destroyed me.  I honored you today by doing one of your favorite things.  Cody and I played with the bubble machine and I have no doubt that you were watching and smiling from Heaven.  I held it together pretty good until I was talking to you tonight and then I just fell apart.  Missing you is so hard, Jake.  I think God needed you for a very special purpose.  You were and always will be the most loving, kind and gentle soul I have ever known.  I truly believe that you are probably in charge of loving and caring for all the little hoomans that are with you now.  You absolutely loved children and I could always trust you with them!!  And Jakey, thank you for choosing me all those years ago!!  I will always remember you crawling back up into my lap when you were 5 ½ weeks old!! That was the moment I fell in love with you, my Sweet Boy!!  How do I thank you for giving me the best 9 ½ years of my life, Jake!!  I have never been more happy than when I was with you!! Because of you, we made so many friends!! Everything we did, always took a little longer, because everyone wanted to be around you!! That made me so happy and you just ate it up!!  You are still so deeply loved and missed by so many people Jake, but none more than me.  I hope you get to do all of your favorite things in Heaven!!  You LOVED the beach and I’m so thankful we got in one last trip that year!!  It was absolutely magical!!  But your greatest love was “Jakey’s Pool” and you were SO EXCITED when it was finally completed!!  My heart is still broken that you only got to swim in it for less than three weeks.   But in the time you did swim in it, we made a lifetime of precious memories that I will carry with me for the rest of my life!!  I thank God every day for you and I am so blessed that He made sure that I would be your Mommy!! I love you and miss you so very much, Jakey!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!!  In every lifetime, I will find you, my love!!  You will forever be my always and always be my forever!!  You are the love of my life, Jake!!  Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

9/6/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Every day is hard without you, Jake, but this time of year hits especially hard. Two years ago yesterday, we received the devastating diagnosis that hemangiosarcoma was going to take you from me and that there was nothing I could do about it.  My world came crashing down, because I couldn't imagine a life without you in it, my Sweet Boy.  I still can't and I'm still having a hard time comprehending that you are gone.  You will always be the light of my life, Jake.  Every day was perfect because you were by my side!!  We had so much fun together!!  You always had the most beautiful smile on that gorgeous face of yours!! You brought so much love, joy and happiness into my life, Jake!!  I'll never be able to thank you enough for everything you did for me!! Thank you for watching over me now, Jake!!  I know you're here, I just wish I could see you, hold you and kiss you!!   I thank God every day for bringing you into my life, Jakey!!  I am truly blessed to be your Mommy!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!!  I love you and miss you so very much, Jake!!  You will forever be the love of my life!!  Mommy loves Jake!!  🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦
 

8/10/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Twenty-three long, painful months without you, my Sweet Boy. And forever to go. In one month, it will be two years without you, my love, and I'm already feeling anxious and dreading the days ahead. I still can't understand how you went from healthy and happy to gone in such a short period of time, but this horrible cancer didn't care and just took you from me. I talk about you and to you all of the time. Do you hear me? I read somewhere that when we talk about our loved ones in Heaven, that they're smiling down on us and telling all their friends in Heaven that their person is talking about them again!! I sure do hope that's true!! As much as I talk to you, you're probably constantly telling your friends that your Mommy sure does talk alot!! I can't thank you enough for making my life absolutely perfect, Jakey!! Life was so good with you by my side, Sweetheart!! I miss your kisses and nose nuzzles!! I miss being able to hold you and look into those beautiful eyes of yours!! I hope that you're having the best time in Heaven!! I bet you have an endless supply of orange Chuck-it balls to play with and the most beautiful pool to swim in!! Remember to come home and swim in Jakey's Pool when you can!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Jake!! Mommy loves you and misses you so very much!! You will always and forever be the love of my life, Jake!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

8/6/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ My heart hurts so much, Jake. Life will never be the same without you here, my Sweet Boy. You made every day fun and exciting!! No matter what we did, as long as we were together, that's all that mattered!! You brought so much love, joy and happiness into my life, Jakey!! I still can't believe that you're gone and I will never understand why you were taken from me. Thank you for always being there for me and watching over me. To this day, I know you're still watching over me. Thank you, my love!! You will always be the best thing that has ever happened to me and I feel so blessed that God chose me to be your Mommy!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!! Mommy loves you and misses you more and more each and every day, Jake!! You will always be the love of my life!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

7/10/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Twenty-two long, painful months without you, my Sweet Boy.  And a lifetime to go.  I’m still having so much trouble understanding that you’re gone.  You were supposed to live to a very old age.  I had it all figured out how I was going to take care of you when you got older.  Do you remember when you were a puppy and I was teaching you hand signals to come to me or stay?  I was planning for down the road when you got older and you possibly couldn’t hear me as well.  You caught on so fast and I was so proud of you!!  I knew we had that part taken care of!!  I just didn’t plan for the horrible cancer that took you so fast.  Jake, you took the old me with you when you had to go.   I will never be the same person I was when you were here with me.   Thank you for loving me and giving me the happiest days of my life!!  You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Jake!!  Mommy loves you and misses you so very much!!  I hope that you are having the best time ever playing with all of your friends in Heaven!!  Remember to bring them home and have a swim party in Jakey’s pool!!  Or go chase that orange Chuck-it ball up and down the beach to your heart’s content, while you play in the ocean, my love!!  You will forever and always be the absolute love of my life, Jake!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

7/6/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ I wish that I could see you again.  I miss holding you and getting Jakey kisses and nose nuzzles.  You will always be the center of my universe, Jake!!  Everything I did was for you, my Sweet Boy!!  You made life so easy and fun!!  I truly never thought I would have to live without you.  I hope that you got to see all of the beautiful fireworks on the 4th of July!!  I know that it wasn’t your favorite holiday here on Earth, but I bet you’re absolutely loving the holiday in Heaven.  Please continue to check in when you can, Jake!!  It will never be the same as having you here, but it gives me hope that you are close!!  Thank you for choosing me all those years ago and for loving me!!  My happiest days will always be with you!!  You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Jake!!  I love you and miss you so very much!!  Always and forever, you will be the love of my life, Jake!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

6/10/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Twenty-one long months without you, my love. Gosh, I miss you Jake. Every single minute of every single day, I miss you. I just wish this awful cancer didn't take you from me. I knew about about and I was watching you like a hawk--and still--even after a great visit with your cardiologist the month before, it snuck in and got you. I still can't believe that you're gone. There's no me without you, my Sweet Boy. You made my life absolutely perfect!! You made every day fun, exciting, joyful and so full of love!! And the love you brought to others--it's still there, Jake!! They are still coming into work and talking about you and telling me how much they love you and miss you!! You made such a difference in so many people's lives!! I couldn't be more proud of you, my Sweet Boy!! Thank you for choosing me all those years ago and making my life complete!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Jake!! Mommy loves you and misses you so very much!! Please remember to save a seat for me!! But for now, go play--have fun, chase your Chuck-it Ball, swim in Jakey's pool and play in the ocean as you run up and down the beach!! You will forever and always be the love of my life, Jake!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

6/6/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ I wish you could come back home, Jake. I can't see how Heaven needs you more than I do. Every day I look for signs from you and when I find them, they make me smile. But nothing compares to having you back here by my side where you belong, my Sweet Boy!! You are and always will be my everything!! Thank you for loving me and giving me the best years of my life, Jake!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!! I love you and miss you more than anything!! Forever and always, you will be the love of my life, Jake!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

5/10/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Twenty long months without you, my Sweet Boy. I keep thinking that this can’t be real. You were supposed to live a long, healthy, loving life with me, Jake. I will never understand why you were taken from me. We were so in sync with each other. I always knew what you needed and you had the same ability with me. When I was sick or not feeling good, you were always by my side. You never let me out of your sight. You were also always up for anything, Jake. I used to say that if I could stay up for 24 hours and play with you or do something else, you’d be right there, too. But if I wasn’t feeling good and sleeping for that same number of hours, you’d be sleeping right by my side. You were my protector, my love, my heart, my everything!! You always will be, Jake!! Thank you for giving me the greatest blessing of my life when you chose me to be your Mommy!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Jake!! Mommy loves you and misses you so very much!! Everything I do, I’ll always do it for you, Jakey!! You are the greatest love of my life!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

5/6/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ If Heaven had visiting hours, I would definitely wear out my welcome. I would be there all the time, visiting you. I’d ask God if you could come home with me for a few days, so we could do all the things that you loved to do. But it would be so hard to take you back. The pain of losing you is just as strong now as it was on the day I lost you. Thank you for loving me and choosing me to be your Mommy!! You will always be the greatest thing that has ever happened to me, Jakey!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!! I love you and miss you so very much!! You are the center of my world!! Now and forever, you will always be the love of my life, Jake!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

4/10/25  My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Another month without you, my Sweet Boy. Nineteen months now.  I wouldn’t wish this pain on anyone.  You are my other half.  You always will be.  You always knew what I needed and you were always there for me, no matter what. Thank you so much, Jake.  I don’t know what I did to deserve you, but I feel so very blessed that God put you in my life!!  You are my greatest blessing and my greatest joy, Jake!!  Easter will be here soon and I will miss spending this special day with you.  You always loved helping me color Easter eggs, but your most favorite thing to do was going on your Easter egg hunt and finding all of the eggs that I hid in the backyard!!  I don’t know how you did it, but you always found every single egg!!  Seeing that big ol’ beautiful grin on your face and your tail wagging as you hunted for the eggs will always be a precious memory for me!! I also wanted to thank you for the beautiful full rainbow that I saw on 3/22/25.  Cody and I were walking around the neighborhood that afternoon after a rain storm and I was really missing you. I asked you to please let me know that you are here and when I looked up to the sky, there it was….the most beautiful and bright full rainbow that looked so very close—it was almost like you could reach out and touch it!!  Thank you, my love!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Jake!! I love you and miss you so very much!! You have always been the center of my world and you always will be, Jakey!!  You are the greatest love of my life!! Mommy loves Jake!!  🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦🌹🐾
 

4/6/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ If I could have one wish, I’d wish for you to come back home to us, Jake.  You are missed more and more each and every day. It’s just not fair, Sweetheart.  You were too young to leave me. We had so much more to do together.  I will never get over losing you, my Sweet Boy.  Thank you for loving me and choosing me to be your Mommy!!  It will always be the greatest honor of my life, Jakey!!  You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!!  I love you and miss you so very much!!  You will forever be the love of my life, Jake!!  Mommy loves Jake!!  🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦🌹🐾

3/10/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Eighteen months Jake. Eighteen long and painful months without you, my Sweet Boy. I can't believe it has been one and a half years without you, my love. Sometimes I just know you're going to come running down the hallway any minute, because you're only in the other room and then other times it feels like forever since I've seen you, kissed you and held you. I still don't understand why. You're all that I had. Why did you get taken from me? I look for you everywhere, Jake. From the geese flying over the house that you used to love to chase, to the white feathers that have found me and the fluffy clouds in the sky that have shown me some beautiful shapes--I look for you. I always will and one day I will find you. Thank you for giving me the best years of my life, Jake!! You made every day so very special and I hope that I did the same thing for you, Sweetheart!! You will always be my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Jake!! I thank God each and every day for you and I know that you are safe, healthy and happy with Him and oh, how He loves you. I just wish that I could have kept you healthy, so you would still be here with me. I love you and miss you so very much, Jakey!! Please check in when you can!! You will always be the love of my life!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

3/6/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Oh, how I miss you, my Sweet Boy. Nothing is the same since you've been gone. If you hadn't sent me Cody, I don't know where I would be. He does so many of the things that you used to do, I'd swear that you're here teaching him!! But Jake, there's a huge ache in my heart that will never go away. I lost me when I lost you. You will always be my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!! I love you and miss you so very much, Jakey!! You will always be the love of my life!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦

2/10/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ You have now been gone seventeen months Jake and it feels like an eternity since I've seen that beautiful face of yours and hugged and kissed you!! But there are days when it feels like this is just a bad dream and you'll be running down the hallway at any time when you hear me say "let's go outside and play!!" I know this hurt will never go away, because the love I have for you will never go away. Losing you has only made my love for you stronger!! I think you know how much you mean to me and how very much I love you!! You changed me for the better, Jake!! You brought out things in me that I never knew existed!! You made me a more confident person!! I fell so deeply in love with you, my Sweet Boy!! Nothing will every change the love that I have for you!! I'm still trying to navigate this life without you and it hasn't been easy. It's a long, lonely road to walk. You took my heart with you when you had to go. It will be yours forever, Jake. You made every day absolutely perfect!! You brought so much love, joy and happiness into my life and I'll never be able to thank you enough for that!! I thank God every day that He blessed me with the honor and privilege of being your Mommy!! I know I've said it before, but I wish that we could go back and do life together all over again!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Sweetheart!! Mommy loves you and misses you so very much, Jake!! You are my once in a lifetime love and will always and forever be the love of my life, Jakey!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦🎾❤️🙏🏻🐾

2/6/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Happy Heavenly 11th Birthday, Jake!! Oh, what fun we used to have on your birthday!! Today would have been your 11th Birthday, my Sweet Boy and my heart hurts so much that you're not here so I can spoil you and make your birthday so special. You absolutely loved celebrating your special day and I loved watching you completely enjoy yourself. I would always put your presents out a few day before and you would always walk by and look at them, but you would never touch them until I said that it was time!! And when that happened, watch out!! You'd head straight for the presents with a big smile on your face!! You were an expert at unwrapping your presents and I loved watching you unwrap each one!! You'd take the present and hold it down with one paw while tearing off the paper with your teeth!! You'd even flip the present over with your paws to finish the job!! Once you had your gift unwrapped, then you would rip the tags off. You were a master!! You also loved eating your birthday cake!! Yum Yum!! I have tons of pictures from the nine birthdays that I got to celebrate with you, but nothing, and I mean nothing will ever compare to having you here with me to celebrate your big day!! I hope you had an absolutely fun and perfect birthday in Heaven and had the best party ever!! I am so very lost without you, Jake!! You will always be my everything!! You were supposed to always be by my side, my Sweet Boy. Please know how very much I love you and miss you!! Check in when you can and let me know what you did for your birthday!! I bet you swam, chased your orange Chuck-it balls and played in the ocean!! I hope that you came home with all of your friends and played in Jakey's pool, too!! You will always be the love of my life, Jake!! Happy 11th Birthday, Jake!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦🎂🎁💦🎾❤️🙏🏻🐾

1/10/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Another month without you, Sweetheart!! It has now been sixteen months since you had to leave me and my heart breaks a little more each and every day. This grief journey is a sad, long and lonely road that we walk when we lose our other half. And yes, you were my other half. You are my other half. You took my heart with you when you left and I know that it will never be whole again. But why should it? There's a piece that belongs to you and you alone. It will always be yours, Jake. You brought so much love, joy and happiness into my life!! I would have done anything to save you, Jake. I would have given you years off of my life, Jake, if it meant you would be healthy and here with me. I am so blessed that God chose me to be your Mommy and that you crawled up into my lap that day all those years ago, my Sweet Boy!! Oh, to be able to go back and live life again with you!! Where do I sign up? You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Jake!! Mommy loves you and misses you so very much, Jake!! You are my once in a lifetime love and will always be the love of my life, Jakey!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦🐾

1/6/25 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ The New Year used to be fun and exciting for us. All the new adventures that we would go on, all the new things we would get to do together. Now it's just another year that you will never be a part of and that hurts. Last year I made it through an entire year without you and that was something I wouldn't wish upon anyone. I looked for you so many times. You were supposed to always be by my side, my Sweet Boy. I still don't understand why you. There will never be anymore new pictures of you. No more new anything and that breaks my heart. I miss you so very much, Jake!! But I know that you are having the best time ever in Heaven!! Have fun Sweetheart!! Play, run, swim, whatever makes you happy will make me happy!! Please know how very much I love you and miss you, Jake!! Check in when you can, my love!! You will always be the love of my life, Jake!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦🐾

12/10/24 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Another month without you, Sweetheart. You have now been gone for fifteen months, Jake. Sometimes it feels like forever since I've seen you and other times I feel like you were just here. Living this life without you has been so hard. Every day with you used to be so easy, Jake!! Even if things weren't going our way, as long as we had each other, everything was good!! Out of all of the people in this world, I still don't know how I got so lucky and was blessed to have you in my life!! I will never forget the day that you chose me when you were only 5 1/2 weeks old!! When you got off my lap, walked away and then turned around and got back up into my lap, my heart was yours forever!! I thank God every day for you and I pray that He lets you know how much I love you and miss you, Jake!! Please check in if you can, my love!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Jake!! You are my once in a lifetime love and the love of my life!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎄🎾🐾

12/6/24 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Gosh, I miss you!! We are now officially in the Christmas season and having to spend another Christmas without you breaks my heart. Oh, how you loved everything about Christmas!! We should be visiting Santa soon!! You loved the big guy so much!! And Christmas morning? You'd come running down the hallway to see what Santa brought you!! You were an expert at unwrapping presents!! It was always so much fun to watch you!! You'd hold the present with your paws and just rip the paper off!! Sometimes you'd even flip the present over to get the rest of the wrapping paper off!! Of course, you'd always have to eat a little bit of it too!! You made my life complete Jake and showed me what true love really is!! I love you and miss you more than you'll ever know!! I hope you have a very Merry Christmas, my Sweet Boy!! You will always be the love of my life, Jake!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻🎄🎾❤️🐾

11/10/24 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ I love you and miss you so much, my Sweet Boy!! You have been gone for fourteen months now and I still don't know how to do this life without you!! I will never understand why. Why you? Why any of our beloved pups? You didn't deserve this. You were supposed to be playing and swimming in your brand new "Jakey Pool". It was built with so much love for you and you only got to enjoy it for about two weeks. My heart breaks knowing you never got to enjoy it like you should have. I was so looking forward to watching you having fun for years to come, Jake. I'm so sorry that I didn't build it sooner for you. Thank you for loving me and for choosing me all those years ago!! Jakey, you were an absolute Angel on earth and now you are truly an Angel. You will always be my most beautiful and handsome boy!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine, Jake!! Mommy will love you and miss you forever and always!! You are the best thing that has ever happened to me and you are the love of my life!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾💦🐾

11/6/24 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ I wish that Heaven had visiting hours, because I really miss you, my Sweet Boy!! If they did, I know that I would be visiting all of the time!! Thank you for loving me and making my life absolutely perfect!! I love you and miss you so very much, Jakey!! You are the best thing that has ever happened to me and you are the love of my life, Sweetheart!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🐾

10/10/24 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ I miss you so much, my Sweet Boy. Today marks thirteen months without you. It absolutely feels like forever since I've held you, seen you and kissed your very handsome face. I talk to you every day and I swear you're listening, I also talk about you to my customers and that's usually because they start talking about you first. The impact you left on so many people is just so heartwarming for me and absolutely beautiful. My heart just bursts with pride each time someone tells me what you meant to them. And Jakey, that's all you, Sweetheart. You did that.....all on your own. I am so truly blessed that I'm your Mommy!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!! I love you and miss you and I always will, Jake!! Nothing will ever change that!! You will always and forever be the love of my life!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🎾🐾

10/6/24 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ How do I ever thank you for the love, joy and happiness that you have brought to my life!! I will carry you with me forever!! You will always be the love of my life!! Mommy will love you and miss you forever and always, my Sweet Boy!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🐾

9/10/24 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Today marks one full year without you by my side, Jake. I still can't believe how quickly you were taken from me. You had so much more life left to live and we had so many more things to do together. My heart is completely shattered. I will never get over losing you, my Sweet Boy. We did everything together and now I'm so lost without you. Thank you for choosing me all those years ago, Jakey!! I feel truly blessed to be your Mommy!! Thank you for letting me know that you are watching over me.....the coin, the feathers, telling me goodnight, even the geese flying over our house!! I miss seeing your beautiful face and looking into those beautiful eyes of yours. I miss your kisses and hugs and I miss giving them right back to you!! I MISS US!! I miss what could have been. You were and always will be absolute perfection!! You are my love, Jake!! My heart will be with you forever and always, Jakey!! You are my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!! I love you and I miss you so very much, Jake!! You will always be the love of my life!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🐾

9/6/24 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ You are the best thing that has ever happened to me and you are the love of my life, Jake!! Mommy will love you and miss you forever and ever, my Sweet Boy!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🐾

8/10/24 My Precious Jake 🐾❤️ Oh Jakey, it's now been eleven months since you were taken from me unexpectedly. When you left, you took my heart with you. I just want you home, Jake. I miss seeing that beautiful face of yours. I miss your hugs and kisses. I miss absolutely everything about you, my Sweet Boy. You will always be my everything!! You are my Heart Dog and Forever Sunshine!! You will always be the love of my life!! Mommy loves you and misses you more and more each and every day, Jake!!
Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🐾

8/6/24 My Sweet Jake 🐾❤️ You will always be the love of my life, Jake!! Thank you for letting me know that you are with me, always!! Mommy loves you and misses you more and more each and every day!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🐾

7/10/24 My Sweet Jake 🐾❤️ Ten months without you, my love. I can't believe it's almost been one year. Sometimes it feels like just yesterday, other times it feels like forever since I've seen and kissed your beautiful face. My heart aches for you and will never heal from losing you, my Sweet Boy. You will always be my other half. You are my Heart Dog and Forever Sunshine and the love of my life, Jake!! Thank you for letting me see your face in the clouds!! Mommy loves Jake!! Love Mommy 🐾🙏🏻❤️🐾

7/6/24 My Sweet Jake 🐾❤️ You will always be my once in a lifetime love, Jake!! Mommy loves you and misses you so very much!! Please keep checking in and saying "hi"!! Mommy loves Jake!! Love Mommy 🐾🙏🏻❤️🐾

6/10/24 My Sweet Jake 🐾❤️ Nine months without you Jake. Everyday without you is struggle. Our life together was absolutely perfect!! You are perfect!! You will always be the most gorgeous pup I have ever seen and I was blessed that I belonged to you, Jake!! Thank you for checking in with me. What I wouldn't give to hold you, kiss you and hug you again!! If I could, I would never let you go. I love you and miss you so very much, Jake!! Mommy loves Jake. Love Mommy 🐾🙏🏻❤️🐾

6/6/24 My Sweet Jake 🐾❤️ Loving you always and missing you forever. You are the love of my life, Jake. Love Mommy

5/10/24 My Sweet Jake 🐾❤️ Eight months now without you, my love. It feels like forever. I miss that beautiful, smiling face of yours and everything about you. You will always be absolutely perfect to me!! I feel so blessed that I am yours and you are mine, forever and always!! You will always be the love of my life, Jake!! Mommy loves you and misses you so very much!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🐾

5/6/24 My Sweet Jake 🐾❤️ Missing you more and more each and every day. You are my everything, Jake. I love you so very much!! Mommy loves Jake!!

4/10/24 Seven months now without you, Jake. It feels like forever since I've kissed you, hugged you and told you how very much I love you. I will never get over losing you, my Sweet Boy. My heart has been broken into a million pieces. You will always be that once in a lifetime love for me!! I was so very blessed to be yours!! I will love you and miss you forever, Jake!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🐾

4/6/24 You are my once in a lifetime love, Jake!! Thank you for being you!! Mommy loves Jake!!

3/10/24 My Precious Jake--It's six months today that I lost you, one half of the year without you. My heart is completely shattered and I am so lost without you, my Sweet Boy. You will always be my Heart Dog and my Forever Sunshine!! Mommy loves you and misses you so very much!! Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾🙏🏻❤️🐾

3/6/24 Loving you and missing you always, Jake. Mommy loves Jake!! 🐾❤️