Reminders

Sunday, November 7, 2021

Reminders of our loss are everywhere. We haven't been able to put away her water bowl and food dish. We try to open the door to leave the house to go to work in the morning and are startled it's still locked. Her Kong bone is still on the floor in the living room. The ottoman she used to help her climb up on the couch the last couple years is unused. We walk by the bedroom and she's not on our bed. Every walk we take feels lonely. Her extended leash is still on the floor of the car from the last car ride she took to the vet on the last day of her life. She's not there when we sit in the back yard. So much sadness yet I'm willing to feel it. The pain of her loss only magnifies the joy of when she was with us and the memories of her. I can't say it enough, Athena: I miss you.