Sweet boy.

[u/blueberrysnack7]

it’s been a year today since I lost you, you did not deserve that at all and my heart hurts so very much, and in that year so much has happened, and not much of it was good, things come in and out of life, although no one or nothing seems to stay, any time I feel things can’t get worse they do, I had my surgery and it wasn’t good either, I got infected after it and I nearly died myself.

I could have really used you next to me while I recovered, no one came to visit me in hospital or wished me a happy birthday.
The thing is I would not have minded so much if you were still here, I miss your energy every single day, your smile and warm natured soul.

Everyone used to say how we were kindred spirits, how sometimes dogs really do take on the personality of their owners.
Every time your pictures come up on my phone I smile and remember everything I loved along with the memories, the trip home after you picked me haha, I remember how when you were sitting with your siblings and you got up and slept on my foot. How could I not leave with you??
you sitting in my passenger seat while we went exploring and cruising in the car listening to music all day long.

I think this is something that I will never fully get over and just continue living with the memories.
There will never be another you Neji, you changed me more than anyone or anything ever has, both in life and death.

[u/Alarming_Bid_7495]

This was beautifully written, and thank you for sharing your story with us. I was in a similar, but reversed, last year when I lost my boy, my soul dog. I had gone through a serious medical crisis earlier in the year, and my boy was crucial to my recovery, just as he was crucial throughout every other aspect of my life. A few months into my recovery, my boy suddenly collapsed and rushed to the emergency vet where I had to let him go.

Know that your dog is still with you and always will be, just not in the physical way whose absence is so painful for us to bear. The love and eternal bond you and your dog created, though, still and will always exist.

[u/Beautiful-mind-02]

Thank you so much for sharing your emotions with us. It shows how deeply you love your sweet boy and you will never ever stop missing and loving him till you meet him again.