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Maui has passed on...

It is with a heavy heart that I
am writing to let you know that
Maui passed away today.

I thank you and everyone in our
community who has kept us in
your thoughts and prayers these
past few days.

I know that Maui was a little
part of a lot of people's lives.

I am going to disconnect from email
for a few days, but if you would
like to send your condolences or
words of support, please post a
comment below.

Please know that I will read all
of your kind messages when I
re-emerge sometime next week.

Again, many thanks for your
support and prayers this past week.
Molly and I (and most importantly,
Maui) felt them. Thank you from
the bottom of my heart.

Aloha,

James Jacobson

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Permalink Reply by Jill on July 26, 2008 at 8:08am: Dear James and Molly,
Thinking of you both at this sad time...

For Maui...

God looked around his garden
and saw an empty place.
He then looked down upon the earth,
and saw your tired face.

He put his arms around you,
and lifted you to rest,
Gods garden must be beautiful,
He only takes the best.

He knew that you would never,
get well on earth again

He saw the road getting rough
and hills hard to climb,
So he closed your weary eyes
and whispered "Peace be Thine"

It broke our hearts to lose you
but you didn't go alone
for part of us went with you
the day God called you home.

If tears could build a stairway
and heartaches could make a lane,
we'd walk a path to heaven
and bring you back again.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Linda Barry on July 26, 2008 at 8:14am: Oh James and Molly, my heart breaks for you at your loss. But I know Maui is free of her pain and that the waits for you both an a happy place. Her spirit is free! I am sure you both will always feel a little her with you. Please know that she touched so many people and she always knew she was loved as I am sure she knows it now. I pray for your peace and comfort. Know that many people you have not met are grieving with you and are holding you close in our thoughts and prayers.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by VANNESSA&AWEN on July 26, 2008 at 8:13am: I am so sorry to hear of Maui passing. She is out of pain. She misses you I am sure. I wish I had found your site sooner. I have a few emails of the love you shared over the years. I want go back and look at all of them. Perhaps you could do a show on WMFE the PBS channel? I dont know if I could put down STAR. She is 13 now. I hope I dont have to. Much Aloha to you and your family. Thanks for sharing and please dont stop sharing the love! Perhaps Maui can come thru via dreams? Or re-play all emails? Good luck and much peace to all of you.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Zena on July 26, 2008 at 8:19am: Please take comfort that yourbeloved Maui is at peace. No words can express the terrible emptiness you feel. I know the sorrow is like a knife in your heart, but time will dull the pain. You have lots of sweet memories to treasure & take heart that Maui meant so much to so many.

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Permalink Reply by Jill on July 26, 2008 at 8:21am: Maui is young again, free from pain and any cares, playing with all our dear friends who have crossed the Rainbow Bridge and are waiting for us to join them. My Mindy and Meringue and Nudgie, and our Chocolate and T-Bone, and so many others. My tears are for you and Molly, because it is so hard to let them go. My heart aches for your loss. I hope that, in time, you will find another special furry, four-legged friend to share your lives and your love.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by VANNESSA&AWEN on July 26, 2008 at 8:23am: I found this poem and think of my Grandmother..but I now think of how our pets leave us and we have the places they have been, favorite shoes, chairs and hiding places, their scents & toys left behind.. and I thought of Maui.

Things Shouldn't Be So Hard
by Kay Ryan

A life should leave
Deep tracks:
ruts where she went out and back
to get the mail
or move the hose
around the yard;
where she used to
stand before the sink,
a worn-out place;
beneath her hand
the china knobs
rubbed down to
white pastilles
the switch she
used to feel for
in the dark
almost erased.
Her things should
keep her marks.
The passage
of a life should show;
It should abrade.
And when life stops,
a certain space-
however small-
should be left scarred
by the grand and
Damaging parade
Things shouldn't
Be so hard.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by bluenilla on July 26, 2008 at 8:28am: james,

Over the past couple of years I have read some great refreshing stories as you delight in maui and for some reason I still will, her loss is not a set back but a great remembering painting of this wonderful dog.

My mom had a great saying that passing on or feeling sad for our loved ones and not encompassing all of it is like painting a picture with only one feeling or that one feeling, say happy is one color like red. You cant enjoy the land scape the beauty the great things if everything is red. its a great gift to know that you cared, we felt and we enjoyed all the stories and quirky things that Maui did. We will miss her truly, but lets paint her all the colors she really is.... with all our love Kylee, Mari, Gabrial, Dawn and Leila; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by dorothy pithers on July 26, 2008 at 8:50am: i am so sorry of Maui passing misty sends her love and wet licks; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pamela Biery on July 26, 2008 at 8:54am: James and Molly,
I am truly sorry to hear of Maui's passing. I lost one of my feline friends on Thursday - not my first, but the pain and sadness do not lessen. I spoke to him of the Rainbow Bridge and my other loves who were already there waiting and asked that he wait also. I believe Maui is there waiting for you - completely whole again, having fun playing and loving you for the wonderful life you shared. Your blessed memories will remain until you two are joined again!
Pam Biery (and all my current loves - too many to list); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Paula Baxter on July 26, 2008 at 8:54am: I'm so sorry to hear of Maui's passing. She is in a better place now with out any pain and I bet the smells up there are incredible.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nina Perrell on July 26, 2008 at 9:18am: To Those I Love
When I am gone just release me,let me go--so I can move into my afterglow' You musn't tie me down with your tears; let;s be happy that ye had so many years. I gave you my love, you can guess how much you gave me in happinessn I thank you for all the love you each have shown, but now it's time I travel alone.So grive for me awile. if grive you must, then let your grief be conforted with trust. It's only for a wile that we must part. so bless the memories with your heart. And then ,when you must come this way alone.I'll great you with a smile and a Welcome Home; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cheri L Landry on July 26, 2008 at 9:33am: I am so sorry about Maui. I have loved so many dogs for so long, but it is always heartbreaking when they must leave us. I always remember that all dogs go to heaven, and I hope that I will be reunited with them all when my time comes. Thanks so much for sharing Maui with us.; ▶ Reply to This