{"id":287876,"date":"2025-06-11T11:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T11:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/my-dearest-delilah\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T11:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T11:30:39","slug":"my-dearest-delilah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=287876","title":{"rendered":"My Dearest Delilah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"><time class=\"entry-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2021-12-14T00:27:59-05:00\">December 14, 2021<\/time> By <span class=\"entry-author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlikeadog.com\/author\/jodistone\/\" class=\"entry-author-link\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"author\"><span class=\"entry-author-name\" itemprop=\"name\">Jodi<\/span><\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Dearest Delilah,<\/p>\n<p>It has been 365 days since I last held and kissed you. \u00a0I want you to know how much I miss you. \u00a0Not a day goes by when I don\u2019t think of you and tear up and there are many days when I still outright sob.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19689\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlikeadog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Binky2.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"pibfi_pinterest \"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19689\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heartlikeadog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Binky2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heartlikeadog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Binky2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.heartlikeadog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Binky2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"xc_pin\" onclick=\"pin_this(event, 'http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/www.heartlikeadog.com\/2021\/12\/14\/dearest-delilah\/&amp;media=https:\/\/www.heartlikeadog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Binky2.jpg&amp;description=Dearest Delilah')\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-19689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sweet Delilah<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Your passing left a hole in my soul that I can\u2019t close, no matter how hard I try. \u00a0There are so many things I miss.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Those little grumbles you made when I moved my feet while you were sleeping.<\/li>\n<li>How you insisted you were a lap dog, despite being almost 70 pounds.<\/li>\n<li>How you jumped when I prepared your dinner.<\/li>\n<li>How you\u2019d meet me at the top of the stairs, with a toy in your mouth when I came home.<\/li>\n<li>How willing you were to go for a walk, even in the cold and dark weather.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most of all, I want to thank you for saving me after Sampson left. \u00a0You kept me going, gave me a sense of normalcy.<\/p>\n<p>I talk to you and Sampson every night (as you know.) But I wanted to write this here, to let you know how much I loved and still love you and how I miss you with my whole heart.<\/p>\n<p>Until we meet at the bridge, my love.<\/p>\n<p>Your devoted Mom<\/p>\n<p>(To the few of you who still read this blog, I do have plans to post about Delilah\u2019s passing, I just can\u2019t bring myself to finish it yet. Thank you for hanging in there with me.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like what you read?  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