We made it. Only a few months prior I had thought we would not have you here on your eleventh birthday. Here you were, and healthy to boot. You made it angel girl! You were doing great and that 4-6 month timeline was up.
Our neighbor, Kim, you know her...the treat lady? With the bones in her garage and her puppies Diamond and Chloe there to greet you every time the garage opened and you made a beeline for the treats? Yeah, her. She sure loved you sweet girl. Diamond and Chloe were for the most part happy to share their treats with you too. Well she said it best that beautiful September day, she said "everyone thinks Bailey is sick except Bailey!" It was so true. You were just living your life as if we were all crazy to think anything was wrong. Happy to partake in the sympathy if only for the extra snacks, food under the table, and love you received. You must of thought we had all just finally realized how wonderful you were and how much you deserved all those "extras"!
So that September 15th you rolled in the grass, ate a giant bone that Papa brought you, and showed off the new collar I had bought you. You were smiling all day I swear. We sang Happy Birthday and you looked at us as if we had lost it, but still smiled.
We were all so happy to have you there with us still. So happy and just grateful that you seemed to be in no pain and completely at peace with your life.
I laid next to you that night after everyone else had gone to bed. I wanted you to know how grateful I was to you for being such a wonderful dog and more than that really. You were my girl for eleven years. You had been there through so much with me. Marriage, the birth of both kids, and so much more. So much more. I am so incredibly lucky that you were there for me through all if it. You were more than just a dog, you were a huge part of my heart.
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