My Name is
Melinda Ward

City/State where I live
Plainfield, IL

My Story
I was born in Liberty Hill, TX and lived most of my short life in Texas, but moved to Illinois shortly before I went to the Rainbow Bridge.

My favorite pastime is
I loved to swim, and would start trembling with excitement when someone would throw the ball and play fetch. I would even steal tomatoes off the counter because they were round and I thought they were my toys.

The best thing anyone's ever done for me is
My mom did everything she could to find out why I was sick and try to help me

I can't live without
My canned food dinner at 6:00, it was my ice cream

The naughtiest thing I've ever done is
I found my mom's childhood teddy bear when no one was home. I ran through the whole house gutting it and spreading the stuffing throughout the entire house. And those teddy bears have a lot of stuffing in them!! Wasn't much left of Teddy when mom got home

The funniest thing I've ever done is
Mom's refrigerator broke and she had to keep all the cold stuff in coolers. While she was at work, I figured out how to open the coolers to see what was in there. It was fabulous!!! BUT...Mom came home for lunch unexpectedly and found me sitting in the middle of my buffet. The good stuff was gone, turkey cheese, ham, hot dogs, but I did leave mom some lettuce to eat. I didn't really like the lettuce.

My favorite place to go is
My nightly walks with mom

I'm completely obsessed with
I loved anything round that looked like a ball