Ellie
I lost my best friend on May 10, 2026.
I miss you so much! You came into my life through GBGRR when you were 6 years old, and you left me on May 10, 2026 at 14 1/2 years old. I had 8 1/2 wonderful years of joy and laughter, and my life was brighter because of you. You have brought so much love and sunshine in my life, and now I have this big void in my life. I am devastated with losing you, my beautiful girl. I am totally lost without you. I can picture you standing with the wind blowing your golden blonde hair, with your nose up in the air to catch different scents when we took a walk in the park.
You loved riding in the truck as a co-pilot, and it did not matter the destination. If you caught me with my back to you when we were in the yard, you would quickly take a dip in the pool or when opening the pantry silently when you were sleeping, or I thought you were sleeping, you would quickly be by my side to see what we are getting for a between-meal snack, looking up at me with those beautiful and soft eyes with a smile on your face, since your snacks were also in there taking up a whole shelf! Sometimes in the night now since you have left me, I hear you scratching the floor for me to assist you to get up, since in the latter days you had trouble getting up. But when I get there, you are not there…just the memories.
I reach over from my chair with my hand when working in the office, and I just feel empty space where you used to be. I can still see you when I am at my desk, your beautiful head resting on the window sill, and when you would see someone passing by, you would jump up and start barking.
Since you came into my life, I now know what it is to love and be loved—unconditionally. I will miss our walks together, our talks, eating and working together, and laughing when you did something silly. I believe you did that on purpose to get me to laugh. Thank you for bringing so much joy and laughter into my life.
Now you are running and playing on the other side of the rainbow bridge, with no more pain. I try to comfort myself on that, but it has been very painful losing you and the tears start flowing as they are flowing now, and my heart is aching and broken. I hope to see you again, and I will be looking for you.
Your Dad
