
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GARFIELD 1991-AUGUST 31, 2009 JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM
TO SHINE FOR HIM EACH DAY;
IN EVERY WAY TRY TO PLEASE HIM,
AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, AT PLAY.
A SUNBEAM, A SUNBEAM,
JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM;
A SUNBEAN, A SUNBEAM,
I'LL BE A SUNBEAM FOR HIM.
GARFIELD WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A KIDNEY DISORDER A FEW MONTHS AGO. HE LIVED LONGER THAN EXPECTED, PRAISE THE LORD!
WE BURIED HIM TODAY IN MY FRIENDSHIP GARDEN. WILLIE DUG THE GRAVE, I SANG A LITTLE SONG AND SAID, "ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST." KENDALL, MY NEPHEW ,AND I LAID BEAUTIFUL ORANGE MARIGOLD FLOWERS ON HIS GRAVE. I TRIED TO HOLD BACK MY TEARS, BUT I KNOW THAT SOMEONE SAW THEM TODAY. I PRAISE GOD THAT I FOUND GARFIELD UNDER MY SHRUBS. WILLE DROVE UP JUST AS I SAW HIS TAIL UNDER THE SHRUBBERY. AIN'T GOD GOOD!
I LAST SAW HIM BEFORE I WENT TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY AUGUST 30, 2009 AT 9:46 AM. HE LAYED ON STACK OF DRIED WEEDS AND LOOKED LIKE A BEAUTIFUL ORANGE AND WHITE FLOWER. HE WAS LOOKING TOWARDS THE SOUTH.
HE WAS A FAITHFUL COMPANION AND FRIEND. HE WILL BE FOREVER REMEMBERED.
I AM COMFORTED BY GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LIVED WITH HIM FOR 12 YEARS.
I AM ALSO COMFORTED BY THIS SCRIPTURE: "A RIGHTEOUS MAN REGARDS THE LIFE OF HIS ANIMAL, BUT THE TENDER MERCIES OF THE WICKED ARE CRUEL."
WE WERE NOT CRUEL TO GARFIELD, THANK YOU, JESUS!