October 23rd, 2012
A close friend emailed me this morning, and it kind of broke my heart.?
A bit of sad news to report to the group?
Yesterday Figo got out of the house, was hit by a car and died.
We had a really tough day yesterday. I think we?re both a bit numb today?it?s going to take a while to get over this one!
This is actually the second time in less than a week this has happened to someone close to me.
This week I was in Dallas for a wedding, and Jamie, Caro and I were talking about the worst day of our life, and it couldn?t include the death of a family member. I?m not sure if the day I lost my dog counts or not, but damn that was a tough one. I knew Forrest was dying, she was after all a 17 year old Golden Retriever. I begged God to give me one last weekend with her. It was Thanksgiving weekend, and I just wanted to spend every minute with her. But Thanksgiving morning broke, and I knew we couldn?t make it. She was in pain, and it killed me.
I remember the drive to the vet. Freshly back from Afghanistan, I?m driving a jeep with no roof, and tears streaming down my face. People driving by seemed really scared to see me. But I didn?t care at that point, I was done. I took her in. The vet administered the shot, and she kissed my nose before drifting off. I?ll never have a Thanksgiving Day again without thinking of her. I was so grateful for how peacefully it ended, but?. I didn?t get out of bed for 4 days.
As my buddy Mike said ??so tough. We get so attached to these little fuckers!?
I never know what to say to people, or how to act, even under the best of circumstances. Things like this pretty much paralyze me. What is the appropriate thing to say? Just ?Sorry for your loss? doesn?t cover it.
Anyway, I just feel so sad for my buddy right now.
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