TW: pet loss

It's been a week and a half since we had to say goodbye to my best friend of almost 18 years. It's surprisingly hard doing simple daily things like coffee, but I'm slowly getting into a new routine.

She was a smart lady who never met one person she didn't like. She is and will be forever missed 💔

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My familiar, my dog Gibson, passed away from cancer last spring, but the onset of her terminal phase was a little over a year ago. I woke up this AM from a dream that she was alive, had been taken, and it was my mission to find her. I don’t know what’s worse: that I only saw a cell phone picture of her in my dream; that she was lost & I couldn’t find her; or that I woke up and she isn’t alive to be found.

The sads are deep and so far inescapable this morning.

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I don't even know the words... I was there when you were born howling from your mother in that weird room in the Hampton Bays home and spent your whole life learning how to be a better pet parent to you. You saved me. And now that I've been there for your last breath, I don't want to let go. I wish I could take it back. I wish I could have found some way to fix you. I love you, Bear. Run free through the halls of Valhalla. I'll see you again.

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We said goodbye to Murphy this past Thursday after a fairly rapid decline. He's had a rough month, first with his eye removal, then his neurological incident that required hospitalization, MRI, and spinal tap.

The last weekend, we went to Smoky Mountains NP where he walked in the AT, and Wed/Thurs we spent all day giving him treats, going for walks, and doing things he enjoyed.

13 yrs is not enough to spend with you bud. I miss you so much it hurts.

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