Reflections on a Life
This note originally appeared on my personal Facebook wall on June 9, 2010. Sydney passed away on June 8, 2010 (aged approximately 14 years) from kidney failure. She had lived with my family since August 2007. When we adopted her, we were told the kidney disease would probably give her only 6 months to a year to live. That, more than anything else, motivated us to enjoy every day with her and truly see her time with us as something special.
I'm reposting this here today in honor of several family members and friends who have recently lost pets, or learned of their beloved companion's terminal illness, including, once again, my own family, in Sydney's steady companion/seeing eye dog/hearing ear dog Bailey.
She came to us like most shelter dogs - some good, some bad, but mostly unknown. But her Beagle pride and quirky personality soon shone through, in her tolerance for Bailey's wildly waving tail, her penchant for cat poop and...