This is Dixie, our family dog ever since I was in first grade. She passed away a little over a year ago after she had just barely turned 13 years old.

I would say I miss her, but the truth is I started missing her long before she actually passed away. The last year or so of her life was hardly a life at all… she couldn’t go for walks anymore or even make it up the stairs. All she did was sleep 20 hours a day and stink. Along with the fact that I was away at college at the time (so I never really saw her much anyway), her passing felt more like a pinch than a punch. Don’t get me wrong, I do miss her, but I miss the energetic 10-year-old Dixie, not the miserable 13-year-old Dixie.

(she is about 10 in this picture)

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