In Memory of Tara
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October 31, 1996 - July 26, 2007
Our beloved Tara
lost her battle with the collapsed trachea and went to the Rainbow Bridge July
26 2007 at 6:30PM. She was just 3 months away from her 11th birthday.
Our Tara will always be with us in our heart. She was a wonderful addition to our family; we will miss her terribly so I am writing down my memories of her so I always have them to look back on so I don’t remember the bad times when she was so sick, however, I will always be grateful to Dr. Bohling and UT for giving Tara 15 months where she could breath easier.
I remember when we
brought Tara home for the first time and she had her very first experience with
grass. She would make each step really high and be afraid to put her foot down
on the cool grass so she would just stand there with foot in the air.
I remember her in her portable play yard that we would put her in for safety when outside, sometimes she would walk right through the holes and at other times she would start bouncing and bounce right over the top of it and come running to us as if to say look what I can do. She was so tiny and cute and smart.
A particular fond
memory was of Tara learning to hunt, she would crawl around the yard with her
daddy while he showed her how to hunt crickets, she would get so excited when
they found one, when we moved to Florida, they hunted gecko’s, she never hurt
them, one reason was because she could never catch them but she sure loved the
hunt but only when she did it with her daddy. We would never allow her to hurt
them. All dad had to say was let’s go find a gecko and she would get all excited
and head for the door, she knew all the right spots to look and would lead the
way.
Tara used to love
those white raw hide chew squares, they were hers and no one else was allowed to
have it so if any of the others would get it she would come tell us about it. We
were expected to take it away from who ever had it and give it back to her, if
we didn’t she just got louder and louder until we did. Those raw hides were
like a security blanket for her, she carried one everywhere. If we gave everyone
a white raw hide she had a fit until she had them all. Her brother Rusty always
gave it up to her as soon as she cried for it. He would however sneak it back
when she was not looking and go where she could not see and enjoy it.
Tara knew so many
words and how to spell a lot of them. I always believed she could read minds,
She knew if I was about to give her medication because she would watch my every
move, I would try to hide my action but as soon as she was sure she took off to
the bedroom to hide. She also knew when we were going away and always wanted to
go along so when we couldn’t take her we started telling her we were going to
the store, after awhile she got the idea that the store was someplace she would
not want to go and would sit back and let us leave without any trouble, she also
taught the others as they came along not to bother asking to go along if we said
we were going to the store.
We know that Tara came into our lives for a reason and she gave with all her heart. She loved as well as she was loved and will live forever in our heart.
Tara Swanson we will always love you and always miss you. Rest now my sweet baby
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