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Remembr’in’ a Fine and Grand Poochie
Finnegan
“Finney”
Hello, my Friend! Hello today!
No matter rain, no matter shine,
I always hope your day is fine!
Today my Nannie said to me,
“Dear Finney, there’s something that we
Must do in our talk-time today…
With care, and in a special way.
“A special story,” Nannie said,
Told with the heart and not the head.”
Nannie went on to tell to me,
That God had welcomed to be free
Our dearly loved and fine, grand Friend,
For whom God did, Pet Angels, send,
To bring Friend Home so carefully,
After life lived, well loved-ingly.
When Nannie said our Friend is “free,”
She meant where Friend has gone to be…
In Heaven’s Grand and Special Place,
Where there is fun and lotsa ‘chase’,
And lotsa toys to tug and hide,
Where inside’s great and so’s outside…
Where snoozin’ is comfy and fine,
And breezes blow…always sunshine…
Where treats are like no words could tell,
For their great taste and fine, grand smell…
Lotsa Friends who play and run,
And ALWAYS cuddles from SomeOne…
There’s fine and grand great fields of green,
And the best meals you’ve ever seen…
And one more thing that you should know…
Our Heaven has a grand WINDOW…
With lotsa room for all to see
Every grand loved one there could be…
So, each and all can watch always
The ones they’ve loved from their earth days…
The time will come …we’ll all go Home,
to Heaven, with no need to roam…
And Pets in Heaven’s Special Place,
Will be right there to see the face
Of each and every one they love,
When time comes for Heaven above
To be our home for every day…
Happy with God, in every way!)
My Nannie said, then, “Yes, Finney…
This fine, grand Friend’s quite happily,
Quite close to God in Heaven’s Place…
The hard part for us, in this case,
Is missing time that we would spend
With our dearly loved Poochie Friend.
I’m speaking of our Finnegan,
Who’s “Finney”- named…Yes! Always been!”
There’s more to tell, my Nannie said,
But way too much for my red-head…
Hello, Friend…Nannie here…
Finney did a fine job of gettin’ us started to tell you that our Finnegan, the Fine and Grand Poochie, has been brought to the Special Place God has for our dearly loved pets.
Finney, a boxer-poochie, was born on January 4, 2006. Finney’s presence as part of our Family was born of the prayer of one of my fine Sons for a dog of his very own. When this boxer puppy became his… pup became…Finnegan. Our whole Family rejoiced in this new Family Poochie Member. Our “whole Family” Poochie, Mickey, probably thought, “Who is this little pesky ball of fur, anyway?” And so began, the Life of Finnegan.
How do you say, well enough, the fine, grand words you are looking for, to do right by the tender feeling you have within you? This is how I, Nannie, am feeling right now as I think of the passing of Finnegan.
And, yes, he is known as Finney…and, yes, it is because of him that my Finney has the name he does. [(That’s why I had to tell Finney the whole story might be hard for a little Leprechaun to put his mind around…;)]
When a pet is so well loved, I know that God has some mighty special Home waiting after their time on earth is done…We know their life spans are generally so much less than for human beings… so many of us have known this deep sadness at their passing. My heart hurts for us all, but especially for my Son and his lovely Mrs. and their beautiful Son (our beautiful Grandson!). Their new little Baby, yet to have his/her birthday, will always know the stories of “the Finster” who waited long enough to know he or she was getting ready to be born!
We all salute Finney for all the good he brought to each of us in our own ways.
The following pictures will be a wonderful story of a fine and grand well lived and well loved Poochie…
Still need snoozin’ time, though…lots of snoozin’ time…
Time is passing…
Nannie and I have had a talk…
This was my way of letting her know, through her shamrocked foot, that all is well…
We thank God for the time he’s given each of us with Finney…(and remember, Finney took a special moment to tell me all was well when he laid his paw on my shamrocked sock!…I forgot to tell Finney the Leprechaun about that…hmmm…have to remember to do that…)
How wonderful it is that St. Francis of Assisi, who is known for his love for all God’s creatures, has his Feast Day on October 4th! Think of all the partying in Heaven that Finney will be in time for! Our Finney (2006-2015) and our Mickey (1997-2013) will be playin’ and chasin’ and runnin’ and runnin’…and waitin’ and watchin’ out that grand WINDOW!
God bless you and thank you for stopping by to visit Finney and me.
The Adventures of Finney the Leprechaun 
“Man’s best friend” — Finney the Dog
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yes…simply and well said…that expression really tells a story. Thank you, God, for Finney’s time on earth…
God bless you, sanctanomina!
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I’m so sorry to hear of the loss of your Finney the Dog. So glad to hear he was loved so true. So sad to hear you all feel so blue. Your loving tribute is just so fine. I had to keep reading every line. God is happy to see Finney up above. He knows he was sent there with lots of love.
Love to all,
Gin
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Thank you so much, Gin, for your rhyme!
Thank you, too, for taking the time.
Our Finney’s in that special place,
To run and play and sleep and chase!
No time for sickness any more,
just time for play on Heaven’s floor…
Some snoozin’, too, would be just grand,
Just happy times in Heaven’s land.
I am so glad you wrote today!
God bless you is what I do say!
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My heart is aching for you and your family at this sad time. But what wonderful memories you all must have. What a great tribute to Finney!! Cherish those memories and know that Finney is in a better place. Prayers and happy thoughts!!
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Thank you so much for your kind words! I know how much you love these poochies! I like thinking of that “better place” with the fun, lotsa chase, toys (Buster will be happy to hear that!), snoozin’, treats, playin’, runnin’, cuddlin’, fields of green, great meals, and a big window!
God bless you, Jean!
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