Moonstruck in Jersey's Blog

Posted by my husband June 24, 2013 after we lost Lucrezia, our bella Zia, unexpectedly the night before.

Zia – I never liked you…

– I didn’t love you when I first heard about you while standing in the airport parking garage in Orlando as Linda Salvatore Petersen is telling me, ‘if you don’t want her, you can take her back.
– I did not love you as I was repulsed by the staple stitches that you had on your belly…bearing grim witness to the abused life you were rescued from
– I did not love you as you were excited to see me every time I came home from a trip
– I did not love you when we would lay together on the living room rug in front of the fireplace where you roasted yourself on cold Winter nights
– I did not love you when we lived in NYC in the Eastgate Hotel and you would not “go” for the whole 5 days!
– I did not love you as you loved the neighborhood kids
– I did not love you as you loved our other four legged children
– I did not love you as you loved the Looch and helped him live longer than anyone expected
– I did not love you for loving our grandchildren
– I did not love you as you would jump in bed with me on a Sunday morning to become my own personal living body pillow
-I did not love you for being the best friend of the woman I love above all else on this earth and being the embodiment of my love for her when I was gone.
– I did not love you when I was holding you on my legs on the floor in the kitchen on Saturday and brushing your teeth (you are so good)
– I did not love you as I was trying to get you to get up last night from  laying in the corner
– I did not love you as I held you close on the floor in the bedroom last night and whispered sweet nothings in your ear before we left for the hospital
– I did not love you as I held you and said thank you and goodbye

But OMG, I love you so much right now that it hurts…

My pretty Zia….

They are our family.

Peace