Tag: dogs
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Still missing you, Murph.
It’s now four years since the death of my chubby little butterball to cancer. While I’ve since lost another one that I arguably loved even more, Murph was the first loss I experienced for any of my “adult” pets. It was both unexpected and isolated from any comparable pain. It was difficult to endure, but…
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Missing you, Princess
It was one year ago today that I laid to rest the first American I ever loved. Meeting her was a chance connection that changed my life. My wife was still a university student at the time, and on one of my many trips to campus to pick her up I saw an ad on…
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Goodnight, Princess
Last June I wrote about Brandy. She’s special in more ways than I could tell you… She’s the first American I ever loved. She’s been my friend and constant companion for nearly 11 years. She was my first pet as an adult. She was my baby before my own children were born. And I have…
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I Still Miss You, Murph
It was two years ago today that my beloved Golden Retriever passed away from cancer. I still think of her frequently. While she was only a part of my life for a short 6 years (we adopted her as an adult), those years were extremely special to me and losing her left a permanent mark…
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Too Stubborn to Die
I first saw Brandywyn in November 2000, I think. She was on a poster in the stairwell of a building on campus, where my wife was studying. It read “Beautiful Yellow Labrador Found Wandering Fall Creek Park”, or something to that effect, and I knew that I wanted this dog. She was three years old at the time…
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We Miss You, Murph
It was one year ago today that our beloved Golden Retriever passed away from cancer. We still think of her often… Several times a week — sometimes even daily — her antics and indelible personality are an element of our conversation. While her presence is still greatly missed, thankfully we are now able to focus…
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We Love You Murphy (1999-2009)
Murphy was born on Thursday Sept 23, 1999 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, and on died Wednesday March 4, 2009, (9 AM EST) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In her early life, Murphy was a therapy dog, providing company to the ill and elderly. However, due to an unfortunate tendency to chew on medical tubes, she was…