{"id":296085,"date":"2025-06-16T01:21:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T01:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/happy-17th-birthday-in-heaven-sampson\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T01:21:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T01:21:48","slug":"happy-17th-birthday-in-heaven-sampson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296085","title":{"rendered":"Happy 17th Birthday in Heaven, Sampson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>My love,<\/p>\n<p>Today you would have turned 17. I honestly never had the breath to hope for 17 years with you, although I know there are some dogs that do live to that age. Still, the fact you are not here saddens me.\u00a0 Not a day goes by when I don\u2019t think of you and Delilah and shed at least a few tears. Life here is lonely without you. I\u2019m lost with no sense of purpose.\u00a0 Blogging no longer brings me joy, though I feel compelled on birthdays and death dates to push myself to write. There are no more new photos, no puppy kisses, cuddles or walks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlikeadog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sleeping-Sampson-2.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"pibfi_pinterest \"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heartlikeadog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sleeping-Sampson-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heartlikeadog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sleeping-Sampson-2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.heartlikeadog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sleeping-Sampson-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.heartlikeadog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sleeping-Sampson-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><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\/07\/30\/happy-17th-birthday-in-heaven-sampson\/&amp;media=https:\/\/www.heartlikeadog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sleeping-Sampson-2.jpg&amp;description=Happy 17th Birthday in Heaven, Sampson')\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More than anything I wish Heaven had visiting hours, but then again, I\u2019d probably never leave you.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Birthday my sweet boy, I will always be grateful you chose me for your Mama.<\/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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