My heart is broken. Today I sent the other half of my soul to heaven after 17.5 years together. There are no words great enough to express my love for you, the depth of my pain, and how much I will miss you.  Thank you for every day we had together.

Thank you for waiting for me to get off the school bus every day, for sitting on the back porch swing reading in the mornings, for perfuming yourself on dryer exhaust, for waking me up at midnight when you felt sick and needed my help, for getting up at midnight to lay at my side when I was sick with food poisoning because I needed you. Thank you for teasing Roxie so we always got in trouble with mom, and for showing Mocha and Karmie that you could still romp with the young pups, for yodeling when you were excited for walks, and for the way your eyes lit up every time you saw me.

I love you. I love the stories I will tell about you for the rest of my life. Thank you for loving me above all others, Peco. I will never forget you. Someday, when I'm ready, I hope to honor your memory by showing this love to another pup who needs a home. Whitney