my dog is dead

[Andrew Bohan]

my mom just told me they had to bring her to the vet yesterday to put her down.

what a sad thing to know that you're bringing your own dog to its death. i'm glad i didn't have to do it.

she was getting old and had cancer in her nipples and bladder.

we had her since she was a puppy. i was in fifth grade. her mother was my uncle's dog, but when my uncle got sick and went to the hospital, the dogs were split amongst his sisters to take care of. my uncle died later that year, so our dog was a constant reminder of him.

now she is buried under my uncle's last christmas tree, which is in my parents' back yard. my uncle wanted a live tree for his last christmas so we could take it back home and plant it.

my dad made a nice box for her and carved her name in it.

i'm too sad to keep typing.