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I got this poem yesterday through Dodgerslist and I wanted to share:

"I'm Still Your Dog & Friend"

Because I'm "just a dog", you see.
I don't sigh and say "Why me"
I just face it - go on living
And play the hand that I've been given.

I need you more now, that is true
For there are things I just can't do.
The ball you throw I cannot catch
I can't even lift my leg to scratch.

It's embarrassing a little,
that I may need your help to piddle
But if our roles were in reverse,
I'd be proud to be your nurse.

But hey, I love you more than ever.
Me give up? Well yeah, like never!
I don't regret what cannot be,
With you, my friend, I'll just be me!

I'm still me within my soul
Where it counts, I still am whole.
My back is bent, and I'm quite lame
but in my heart I'm still the same.

Titled originally as "Gracie's Anthem" by Julie Wrigley Smith