OOOwwwwwWWWWccccccHHHhhhH!!!!!

Hi G-Fans!

Owwwwccchh!

I can't breathe!

It hurts too much! 

My chest is tight and my heart feels like shards of glass on the ground.  Broken and shattered. 

My Best Friend Forever is gone...

Yesterday we took a beach walk and a woods walk.

All of us.

And now he is gone.

He went from hiking yesterday to being in the E.R. this morning, to being put in a box tomorrow.  A small box.  I have seen them.  How can fifty pounds of flesh and bone fit into one of those small boxes??  

The concierge knew he was "off", especially when he didn't want to go on the second part of the walk, but he rallied and went.

It changed so quickly.

She knew he was REALLY off when he didn't eat any supper and threw up the little bit of wet food he ate.  Along with peanut butter and a pill.

I guess that cure didn't work.  

The pictures below were from yesterday.

I can't really believe it.

Those pictures don't foretell of anything the last 24 hours have brought to us.

Or even 12 hours.

Or five hours.

I think the last time he and I really engaged was on the yesterday's walk.

I miss him already.

So does the rest of the fam, near and far.

I won't even give the concierge a hard time about struggling so much today.

We, however, did go for a walk this evening.  I would have actually been fine without one, but it was good to move around.

But, It seemed lackluster.

And, at the end, after we admired the stars and bright planets in the sky, we got wet with rain!

How fitting!

So, only a few short weeks ago we said goodbye to Jackson's concierge and now we have to say goodbye to our dear friend Riley.

It hardly seems right.

The concierge says that at least with all things said and done it was a relatively quick process, which makes it easier for Riley, harder for us.

So, goodbye my playful friend.

My snuggle partner.

My frick to his frack.

My dinner and breakfast companion.

So many things will naturally shift with his passing.

One thing that I am painfully aware of is that I am now the senior member of the dogs.  

I much prefer that to be Riley's honor.

I guess I don't get the choice......

So, may you honor the living and respect the memory of those who no longer walk among us......

TTFN!

-G