Skippy Abbamonte is in Doggy Heaven.

Skippy Abbamonte

Age 8, December 25, 2001 - June 20, 2009

Please God take care of my baby Skippy and please have him in Heaven with You...

Nickname: My Litte Baby Boy, Munchkin, Cuteypatooty, Booberf

Around 5:30 in the morning on June 20th, 2009, my Skippy went to heaven and a big part of me went with him. Skippy passed away from complications due to pancreatitis, a disease I wish I would have went through instead of him. It came on very suddenly and very severe and my Skippy was not able to recover, even though he tried so hard. His daddy and I stayed in the hospital all night, hoping and praying that he would be able to make it through, but I think that God did not want to see this little innocent angel suffer so He decided to end his pain. We were in the room during those last few moments when they were trying to revive him, and they did for a few minutes, but then he passed. I think he revived for those few minutes so that he could say "see you on the better side, mommy, don't cry" to mommy and daddy. Even so, my life has been miserable and full of despair since my little baby boy went to heaven. My life will never be the same. Skippy's soul is in heaven while his ashes are in a little urn in our living room.
Skippy was, is and always will be the love of my life. He was born on Christmas Day in 2001 and therefore I think of him as God's gift to the world and to me. Skippy was my child and he will remain a child in my heart until the day I die and am reunited with him. Despite what anybody says he wasn't just a dog, he was my son who couldn't speak words to me. Skippy changed my life in many ways, he made me a better person, and he filled my life with joy for those wonderful 7.5 years that he was in this world. Those 7.5 years were the best years of my life. Skippy gave me love and affection like no other person ever has. Like I always say, Skippy was the only thing in this world who loved me and never hurt me. True unconditional love....

To My Skippy,
Hi Little Mama, I just want to let you know that I miss you so much and I love you so much. Please know that I will NEVER forget you and nobody will ever replace you. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me and cherish and treasure those beautiful years I had with you. Please sweetheart know that mommy didn't abadon you in the hospital I was just in another room praying for you to get better, I would never leave you alone. I'm so sorry that this happened to you and know that I would give ANYTHING to turn back time and prevent this from happening or better yet to have taken your pain away and made it my own. I'm sorry that mommy has been crying so much, but know that it's because I miss you so much, but I do have wonderful memories of you....
Remember how angry you got everytime I tried to leave the house and you would take it out on your toys by grabbing one and shaking it....
Remember how every night, in the middle of the night, you would wake me up so that I could pick you up, put you on the bed and you would fall asleep on your pillow right above my head....
Remember how also every night you tried and often succeeded in pushing daddy off his pillow so that you could sleep on it, yeah daddy used to get a bit upset but usually gave in to you....
Remember how excited and happy you would get whenever I used to walk into the house and would jump on my leg and shower me with those wonderful kisses....
Remember you peeing on everything! You just had to mark your spot on everything, you even peed on your own box of toys....
Remember playing the smelly paws game, "who's little paws are these? whose little smelly paws are these? they are my little paws these are my little paws....."
Remember every time that I, or anyone, for that matter, would come home with any bags, you would go through the bags, expecting and ofter getting a toy.....
I remember feeling the little bump on top of your head from your surgery...God, I want to feel your beautiful little head so badly...
Remember how if anyone was eating something and it was within your reach, you would, without any thought as to whether it was ok or not, expect that it was being held out for you and take it.....
Remember when I took you in the pool with me at Mrs. Giles, oh I think you were pretty mad at mommy for that one, but you were adorable....
Remember going outside at the Jefferson Avenue house, and when I would tell you to come back inside you would just look at me defiantly sometimes and play your little battle of control with me, I usually had to come and pick you up and you made sure you knew how mad you were at me....
Remember Martha, oh Skippy, for some reason you really did not like her, it was almost comical how you growled and barked at her.....
Remember all the silly songs mommy had for you like "you are my Skipper, my only Skipper, you make me happy when skies are gray, you'll never know Skip how much i love you, so please don't take my Skipper away..." or "oh Skippy you are so fat, you are so fat, you blow my mind, hey Skipper, hey Skipper...."
Remember how brave you were during your little brain surgery a few years ago? You were unbelievable baby, I am so proud of you my little mamma. You taught me so much about courage...
Remember when you were so tired, but you didn't want to lay down to fall asleep, so you would sit with your head up and your beautiful eyes would close and your head would bob down and you immediately awoke, falling asleep sitting up.....
Remember when you would pass gas and it was so stinky that you would get up and walk away from it, ha ha ha, it was always so funny.....
Remember when mommy would go into a room and the door was left ajar and you would peek your little nose and your eyes through the gap and bark to be let in....or when you were just to excited, you would burst the door open....
Remember your little skipping tap taps, whenever we were playing go get it or when you were trying to get something from my hands.....
Remember how whenever you wanted something you would shake your back legs in frustration, one at a time, telling me you needed something.....
Remember you playing outside and squinting because the sun was way too bright and you sniffing in the air with your little nose up in the air towards the sky....
Remember waking me up in the mornings by giving me kisses on my forehead and my cheeks.....
Remember snapping at anybody, including daddy, who would touch me, you wanted me all to yourself and you did have me and always will have me all to yourself....
Remember you climbing on my chest and laying down on me and looking at me with those big beautiful almond-shaped eyes, telling me you love me....
Remember going to Leeds Pond and you sticking your little paws in the water and then taking them quickly back out....
Remember drinking out of bottle caps whenever we were not at home or in the car and while at home you only liked your water cool preferably with ice cubes in it....
Remember sighing whenever someone was bothering you as if to say "what do you want...."
Remember our days on the couch, how you would come over to me and lay beside me or on top of me and look at me until slowly your would droop and you fell asleep cuddled with me, but I couldn't move, because if I moved you would get mad, sigh, and walk away as if I had bothered you....
Remember how upset you got whenever we took you to the vet or the groomer, you would pee on the technicians or on daddy's suits, but you knew we were always coming back.....
Remember when you were eating a treat or your breakfast or din-din you had to finish one piece completely before moving on to the next one....
Remember whenever you heard a doorbell or a knock you started barking like mad, often times it just came from the tv.....
Remember hearing the fire or police sirens and howling along with them, you held your ears back and looked just like a little wolf.....
Remember every time daddy tried to kiss me or hug me you would get right in between and smother me with kisses while looking at daddy as if you were saying "MY mommy..."
Remember following me all over the house like my little shadow, because wherever mommy was that's where you wanted to be....
Remember how we would lay out treats for you and you would choose which one you wanted and then go hide either in my bookcase or by the xbox, you would leave this treat for later and come get another one....
Remember when you were little you were too afraid to cross the dividers between rooms, but you eventually did it....
Remember how you knew how to go up the stairs but then get stuck because you didn't know how to get down until daddy taught you how to do it, then you would race up and down the stairs....
Remember how if anybody even went to the freezer, you knew exactly what that meant....
Remember how if you were angry with me and I asked for a kiss you would turn your head the other way, until you got over your anger and then come kiss me....
Remember how if someone was trying to yell at you for doing something bad you would growl at them because you are King Skipper and nobody could tell you what to do....
Remember the conversations we had, whenever I would talk to you you would look at me and bark back....
Remember everytime I was upset you would stop what you were doing and come running to me and lay down in my arms and kiss me and you wouldn't leave my arms or my side until I stopped crying or felt better....
Remember all the love you gave us and all the kisses and the companionship that is irreplaceable, I know you remember because I do....

Sweetheart, these are just a handful of wonderful memories that I have of you, these are memories that nobody could ever take away and they are my most prized memories. I think about you every day and my heart aches to touch your soft fur or look into your wonderful soul through those big beautiful brown eyes. I long for your kisses and your warm little body lying next to me at night or during our naps or just when we were hanging out watching a movie. I love seeing your happy little face whenever you had your ice cream which mommy won't have until she is with you again. I miss you so much, but now that you are in heaven I want you to be a good boy and help the other doggies and kitties and other little animals that are there with you. I want you to know that I love you and you have my promise that I won't forget you or replace you, there will always be my Skippy spot in my heart. I have wonderful images of you running around in a beautiful field eating whatever you want and playing and being happy without pain or worry, I know that you are thinking about mommy and daddy but you are not upset or worried because you know that one day we will all be together again. I can't wait to see you again for that will be the happiest moment of my existence and for eternity we will always be together in heaven.

With lots of love and kisses,
Mommy Isabel