Fifteen years
Dedicated
To only her
Waiting anxiously
But patiently
All senses finely tuned
Calculated
To perceive
The sound of her approach
Now in retreat
From physical presence
But distant not
Rather
To manifest forevermore
In story and memory
Every second bound
In blissful pairing
At your side
Or on your grateful lap
Never to be apart again
Never to be for want
So long as you are not forgotten
For Asha
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Objects, and the Distance Between Them 
Very sentimental!
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Thank you. This post is dedicated to the beloved canine companion of a friend/fellow blogger. Asha recently passed, and I feel she deserved a warm send-off. 🙂
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True, truly sentimental, which is presumably a quality that lovers should have!! 🙂 🙂
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Thank you. 🙂
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This was so sweet! Really lovely way to honor their memory. 🙂
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Thank you! I hope that it is sufficient. I know that loss can never really be undone, but healing can be encouraged through warm memories.
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You’re very welcome and I think you did an amazing job! Yes, we may not be able to undo the loss, but we can at least honor the memories of those lost. 🙂
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Very loving and touching, you certainly manage to tug at my heart-strings.
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Thank you, Ivor. I am so glad and honored that my writing is able to elicit significant emotion… That is truly a high compliment in itself.
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Yes I understand that sort of compliment, 😂
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Dear friend,
I have nominated your for: “The Bloggers Recognition Award”
Participation is voluntary of course.
Here the details:
https://didisvgp.wordpress.com/2018/07/17/nominated-for-the-bloggers-recognition-award/
All good wishes to you
Didi
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Wow, thank you for this nomination! I am so honored. I will respond to this as soon as I can. It may take a bit, as I have a slight backlog, but I will respond. 🙂
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Welcome and thanks my friend 🙂 Just take your time, no stress 🙂
Have a great time
Didi
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Oh my goodness! I awoke to find this. Oh how sweet. Thankyou so much. I am so moved that someone should do this for Asha and me. Thankyou so much Aourora. So kind and a very beautiful poem xx
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Sorry to hear about the passing of your friend Asha, I’m sure Asha will be sorrly missed. 🌹
❤️✌️
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Thankyou so much for your kind words. It feels as though she is still here in the house at times. She is byried in the garden under the bamboo which she loved, with her old mspate Jade who died just over two years ago. Thanks again so much for this beautiful poem xx
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You are very welcome. I do not quite know why, but when I read your post I was inspired, and wrote this soon after. I would like to think that perhaps I have come to know Asha as conveyed in your words, and that this is a but a reflection of her spirit as it traverses the path that comes after. Thank you as always for sharing of yourself in your writing. You never know the connections that can be made…
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It is wonderful how you felt so inspired. Yes, you did justice to my sweet Asha. Thankyou so much. Yes, it is so true that you never know what connections you are goung to make.
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Beautiful poem my friend, it’s a beautiful tribute for Asha. ❤️✌️
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Thank you, Dawn. 🙂
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Your Welcome my friend. ❤️✌️
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Such memories are hard to forget. A poem fill with emotions. 👌
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Yes they are. Sometimes, the persistence of memory is a blessing. 🙂
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It definitely is ☺️
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I’m so sorry to read about this. The title made me gasp though. I have a post called This One’s For You, that I reposted lately and it features a picture of a drawing in sand by myself and my 3 children. Our initials together are ASHA. I’ve been considering using it as a business name and have been doodling it in my work’s diary. Coincidence!
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I have found your post (https://allanesinclair.wordpress.com/2018/06/08/this-ones-for-you-2/ for and curious readers)… It has evoked a very deep combination of both sadness and understanding. It is such a beautiful memory you have written on, but it is laced with such loss and doubt just the same. I am only relieved in that I empathize with both parties. I have had very difficult relationships with almost everyone who matters to me… my mother particularly. I am still so relieved that our relationship has survived, and am eternally grateful for her patience and unconditional love as the reason for that. I can say though that I believe your son still loves you, and likely thinks of you as often as you do of him, grateful for you just the same as hurt. Life is confusing… and we often make decisions we don’t really understand… Pride can be a difficult burden and barrier. We do the best we can with what we have, but we all make mistakes…
I do not really believe in coincidences. I believe that connections form naturally, often is seemingly random and mysterious ways, but they form nonetheless on some foundation. I am glad that you read this, and that you shared your thoughts and post. I wish you all the best.
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The original post was written with no sadness. It was a beautiful memory of time spent with my kids. I reposted it in a different frame of mind but writing it down was my catharsis…as always. I hope you saw the ASHA photo. I would’ve just posted the photo on the comment, and not the whole post, if I knew how to do that. Haha. Thanks for reading it.
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Yes, it was a beautiful post, and full of love. I suppose it was the contrast that made it seem so sad… I did see the photo, and it was quite touching.
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