11/03/2022
Last week, I had the honor of capturing my sister and her beloved rescue, Buddy, up until the day before he passed.
He was 14.
Buddy had had a rough life before he met my sister. No one to claim him. However, he still was his playful self.
Like all living beings, especially dogs, he just wanted to love and be loved.
Buddy and my sister just clicked after she met him at a rescue kennel she once worked at. He quickly became her sidekick, her best friend, and her fierce protector.
There was a time when she had a medical emergency there at the kennel with no one around. She had collapsed. Buddy kept her alert by licking her face until help could come. And, when help did come, he fought them off at first, not letting them get near her, because he thought, seeing her lying on the ground, she needed his protection.
She took him home after that.
For the next 7 years, he finally had the life he wanted, where he could give unconditional love and have it returned.
He was finally able to have a full, beautiful life, all thanks to my sister.
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After experiencing this kind of pain of losing a beloved animal more times than I’d like to count, it’s something that I most definitely wouldn’t wish upon my worst enemy.
However, the pain does lessen as time goes on, and you remember and cherish the memories.
To experience the unconditional love an animal gives, no matter who you are, what you look like, or how depressed you are. . . They don’t care. They love you for you. There is truly nothing like it.
Suddenly, anxious thoughts begin to subside.
And you’re ok.
The power of Jehovah’s creation that humbles us and teaches us important lessons every day.
