Yesterday was the 9th anniversary of when I adopted Dolly. However, on Thursday night, she passed away in her sleep. I had sensed her time was coming for a while and thankfully I was home and petting her when she had a seizure. I took her to the ER but knew it wouldn’t work. So as we drove in silence at midnight I told her how much I love her, what she means to me, her impact on my life, and how grateful I am for her companionship over the past nine years. I told her she’s gonna be going to the great meadow in the sky and eat all the fruit she wants and never feel sick. She’ll meet other animals and run and play and jump as high as she wants. And when it’s my time I’ll go meet her there. She fell asleep in my arms and when we got home I put her in her bed and gave her her pain meds. I kissed her goodnight and that was that. Does it all come down to those final moments? Who can say. But it was a beautiful end to a beautiful life. When I woke up yesterday and found her in her bed, it was like she was still asleep. I hope she was dreaming of bananas. It was a beautiful day with warm weather and even a rainbow over my neighborhood. I wrapped her in her blanket and tucked my sock and a letter in her arms. Sang to her while watching the birds out my window. Then dropped her off at the vet. My friends came over to celebrate her life and I will forever be grateful to them for dropping their plans to be there for us. She deserves the biggest celebration and she got one. I will never have a bond with another animal like I do with her. She was feisty and bratty but always knew when I was sad or having a panic attack and would thump her feet if she felt something was wrong with me. She loved blankets, blueberries, bananas, and chewing on walls. I will never know another bond like this. She was a huge presence and my life feels smaller without her. But all in all I’m just happy to have crossed paths with her in this life. As short as it may have been. She’ll live on with me forever. I love you so much Dolly. I’ll see you in the meadow some day.
by PrinceWilliam13