09/22/2026
š MiLB ā Mi Little Buddy š
Some animals come into our lives and are here for years. Others are here for only a moment...And somehow, those moments leave a hole so enormous you wonder how your heart will ever fill it again.
MiLB was only ours for a short time. But man... was that little guy loved!
He was found in the middle of a road near Canton during last year's freezeādiscarded like trash by some deplorable human who left him there to suffer alone.
Cars were speeding past himāand over him. He was curled up in the road, cold, terrified and broken. His little body was riddled with deformities and medical problems. His hair was horribly matted. He had no teeth. He was in pain. He was an absolute mess!
That first night, we truly did not believe he would survive until morning............ But he did...... And from that moment forward, we made sure MiLB learned that his life mattered.
He learned what warmth felt like, what a soft, fuzzy blanket felt like beneath his tired little body, what warm meals tasted likeāand that there would always be as much food as his little belly wanted. Most importantly, he learned what it felt like to be loved.
MiLB came with his own set of boundaries, and we respected every single one of them. He did not want to be picked up. He did not want to be held. He didnāt even want us to cover him with a blanket. So we didnāt.
Love isnāt always about what we want to give. Sometimes love means meeting a broken little soul exactly where he is and saying, āOkay. I will love you from right here.ā and boy did I!!!!
He may not have wanted me to hold him, but wherever I went, MiLB went. If I got up, he got up. If I moved to another room, that little body followed meādespite his pain.
And every night, he slept with me, safely tucked near my feet.
He didnāt need to be in my arms to tell me he loved me. I knew...
He chose to stay close. and that was enough.
Last night, MiLBās tired little body told us it couldnāt do this anymore. His pain became too much. He was miserable. Nothing eased his cries.
As desperately as I wanted more time with him.... as hard as I cried and as much as my heart screamed ānot yetā... I made him a promise the day he came to us: Our need to keep you with us, will never be greater than our responsibility to keep you from suffering.
So around 10:30 last night, Mi Little Buddy made his final trip to our veterinarian. The little dog who had once been abandoned in the middle of a freezing road to suffer alone did not leave this world alone! He left surrounded by love.
Although he had spent so much of his life afraid of being held, when it mattered most, MiLB crossed the Rainbow Bridge in loving arms.
I donāt know what happened to him before he came to us. I donāt know how long he suffered or why someone decided his life wasnāt worth protecting. But I know how his story ended - He was warm, safe, his little belly was full, he had a name and a forever home where he was VERY LOVED!
Someone may have thrown MiLB away like trash, but he left this earth as someoneās baby - our baby!
Run free, Mi Little Buddy. šš¾
No more deformities, No more fear. No more pain.
I pray Tunie was waiting for you got to Heaven and showed you all the cool places to hang out up there! I pray youāre running on four perfect little legs and a straight back, eating everything your heart desires, and finally experiencing what it feels like to have a body that doesnāt hurt.... and I pray you knew, before you closed your little eyes, that to us... you were never an unwanted little dog lying in the middle of a road - You were MiLB. You were ours and you mattered!
And for the rest of our lives, you will be remembered with nothing but love. šš¾š
Be Forever Loved Animal Sanctuary
'Because sometimes forever isnāt measured in years. Sometimes forever is simply making sure they know love for whatever time they have left."
