In Memory of Jasmine
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It is very hard for me to write about the emptiness I feel inside
without Jasmine by my side right now. This is why I choose insted
to post a beautiful note that a wonderful being and friend wrote to
me. I read this note daily and it helps me get through the day. I
would like to share this with all of you to remember our Sweet
Jasmine.
"Dear Catalina,
While you are in my thoughts, constantly, I wanted to give you the
space I thought you needed. I will never presume to tell you how
you should feel about the sudden loss of precious Jasmine but I
will tell you how I feel.
You are miracle worker of the highest order, a force of nature and
a complicated, deeply loving human being. Never in her lifetime
could anyone else have given Jasmine the devotion, depth of
compassion and love that she experienced with you. My greatest hope
is that you will know this, believe this and feel it in your core.
It is because of the vast openness of your enormous heart that you
and Jasmine shared a bond that most people and creatures will never
experience in their entire lives.
Jasmine taught you so much. You shared these teachings with
everyone who came into contact with you. Your accomplishment of
turning a dispicable act of cruelty into a beautiful love story of
redemption and second chances is a lesson that will live on and
on.
We will never forget Jasmine. She is now and forever the poster
girl, who in one glossy photograph, challenged millions of people
to question the treatment of animals, to reevaluate their own
prejudices and to open their eyes to previously unknown, to them,
horrors of dog fighting and rampant animal abuse. The world is a
better place for Jasmine having been here.
Jasmine, sweet girl, is free. In the early evening I look at the
sky and if there is a big, soft, billowy cloud rolling by I imagine
Jasmine circling it twice and settling herself in for an afternoon
snooze. After all, she has been running all day."
Catalina Stirling