To Aisha

The first day I saw you beside your mother, I knew I could never take the place of your canine mother, but I promised her I would be the best human mother a puppy could have.

Instead, you nurtured and loved me like no other being, canine or human, could.

Thank you for being in my life from November 6, 1999 to April 27, 2012. I'm told you lived a very long life for a Saint Bernard, but even though those words do console, I miss you, Aisha.

God, please take care of my little girl, and remind her she is a good girl.