EMBER BELLANDI

It’s taken me the 6th week to begin writing this. How does someone like ordinary me, speak about a soul that was so perfect in every way? I’ll write this with tears. Ember Rose ‘Bean’ Bellandi. She was from Greece, a senior ‘granny’. Found cold in the rain, had given up, she was found just in time. Anna Nikolaidou found her in Greece, after receiving a call from a local, about her needing rescue. She told me they had ultimately found her owner, who did not want her because she didn’t hunt. Anna told me it’s likely she spent her life being found, tossed, abandoned again by hunters who couldn’t use her. The ‘owners’ decision was perfect, as it ultimately led her to Jennifer, and then to us. I loved her as soon as I saw her picture, with everything I am. She came into the house like she had always lived here. Our connection was immediate, she knew she owned me in every beautiful way. It was no different with her daddy, she knew she ruled the roost as we’d affectionately say. She had a beautiful happy jog, with this beautiful long flowing tail. She loved food, especially snacks, and she was a firecracker when she wanted them, she was relentless. She was also well known for getting her snack with me, then get another from daddy, playing the mom never gave me one game. It’s how she got the nick name snackie monster. She loved to roll on her back, and she was always wagging her tail ( tail waggins). I tucked her in every night. I told her nobody loved her more than mommy and daddy except for God, and that was all the love. When we got the Jeep, she did her best napping in it, she loved to ride in it. We named the Jeep, EMBER ROSE, it was really hers after all. She loved us fiercely, with all she was/is. We were her first true love, forever. I could write so much more, but this I know is already long. We are so grateful for the gift of her. Sending her on ahead broke something inside me I’ll never fix, not until I’m reunited with her one day. The way she would stare at me, right into my soul. It’s nothing I could ever explain. She was pure joy. She made us laugh every single day. She was sent straight from God, our gift. Our precious Beanie, our lady bug, our snoopy girl, our forever #1 Jeep girl. Anna sadly passed away shortly before her. I feel she’s with her. She loved her so much too. How did the world keep on going when you left without me bean? . I’ll see you soon, my beautiful precious little girl….