A Healing Breeze Blows For Camo...

A Healing Breeze Blows For Camo...
By Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee



The morning sun was shining as I stood outside
To see what the Pups were barking at
I thought they barked as if little Camo was here
Sadness filled my heart, I knew she had died

I looked to my left, my eyes stopped, blinked
What I saw sent a shock through me, could it be
I wasn't sure I was seeing what I saw
I've seen strange, amazing things in my time

Camo!  She stopped, turned around to look at me
I saw her little tail high in the air
Her skin looked so bad, she'd lost more hair
My heart hurt at the sight of her

Did she come back from the grave?
Our Pups stood staring just as I did
No longer barking... was she really there?
I ran in the house with thoughts to get her a treat

I came back outside, through the gate
There she stood as I fed her little treats
I thought she was real... until I ran back into the house
Came back out with medicine for her... she was gone

Camo!  Camo!  Camo!  I called her name
It was as if she had never been there
Skip called on the cell phone, I told him what happened
I told him I must be seeing things... she was no longer there

He told me if I saw her... she was real
Where did she go... why didn't she come back to me
I knew she loved me... I loved her, too
A thought came to my mind... she is really alive

I called the people who had her, asked them if I could
Have Camo... could she be my puppy?
Later that day, my answer came
Yes, you can have her... my heart soared

I never meant to have a third Pup... but, it must be meant to be
Later I went to get her, brought her home
I doctored her, have her in a little fence on our porch
Put soft rugs inside a huge kennel cab

The wind is blowing ... in my mind it is a healing breeze
I know it helps her skin as the medicine works its magic
I'm going to get Camo well; take good care of  her
You can see by the photo that she has a ways to go

She seems to know she is safe, cared for, loved
Her little tail wags for me when I speak to her
I'm so thankful to have her, I cried many tears for her
For a little puppy named Camo, who in my mind had ... died

I stood outside thanking God for this precious little puppy
Yesterday I was grieving for her, crying many tears for her
I am thankful to have the chance to care for her
I hear the wind chimes as a healing breeze blows for ... Camo



NOTE:    Camo has become one of 'our Pups'... she will be
spoiled, fed good, loved.  Everything is going to be alright...
:)))  Soon, she'll be running again... inside the Pups' fence with
Kissy Fairchild, and Chadwick Elsworth!

Goodbye Elvis...

Goodbye Elvis...

Written by Gloria Faye Brown Bates/ aka Granny Gee

Her mother and stepfather came to pick her up at the bus station
He became her father through time though they were of no relation

She learned how it felt to have a real father in her life
One who loved her mother, the woman he took to be his wife

They took her home with them to give her a safe home
She had no where else to go to, she was all alone

She never forgot all he did for her when he didn't have to
She was always grateful, never forgot to say ..thank-you

As the years went by, her mother died... they drifted apart
She just found out he died, it broke her heart

Today she went to the funeral home to say goodbye
She spent time alone with him, she cried

She touched his cheek with her hand, looked at his face
She felt numb, her head hurt, her heart raced

She felt sad at the twists life took to keep them apart
It seemed no matter how she tried, she always felt pain in her heart

His life began to fill with people, things like he never did
He wanted to date, get remarried even... he said

As she looked down at him lying on that bed
She patted him with her warm hand... touching his cold head

She leaned down to kiss him on his cold, cold head
Then turned to walk away as she said

Thank-you, Elvis, for all you did for me, it's time for me to go
I loved you all this time, I hope you know

Your body lies there in that empty room
As I leave you, inside me grief looms

Goodbye Elvis, I love you
No matter what I always knew you loved me, too


*  Elvis died at 7:45 pm on August 06, 2012