Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Here's to Emma


This week on Monday we put our sweet old girl, Emma down. She had a type of invasive cancer that progressively made it harder and harder for her to breathe. After a week of sleepless nights, we made the hard decision. She loved people and always gave a warm greeting to any visitor. One of her final acts was to hold out her paw to the stranger who helped with her death. She loved to hold hands and always extended a paw. She loved the beach and chasing balls and sticks, but most of all she loved to engage with people. She was my constant companion and I miss her terribly. So here's to you Emma, and your kind, outgoing way of greeting the world.

2 comments:

Chi said...

I will miss her greetings and the morning walks...

Anonymous said...

Sorry to hear about Emma. I think Emma and my bichon Dakotah were about the same age. I almost lost Dakotah when I was at my parent's home at Christmas. Dakotah had a piece of Iams tarter lodged in her small intestine. 2 states, 4 vet clinics, 9 vets and 6000.00 later and emergency surgery in Anchorage on 1/10/08 she is doing ok.