Sasha

2011 - 2023

WE ADOPTED SASHA FROM A RESCUE IN EUGENE, OR. SHE WAS A PUPPY MILL VICTIM AND WAS THE CUTEST, SWEETEST, LOVEABLE, DEVOTED COMPANION IVE HAD YET. WE HAD JUST SHORT OF 10 YEARS OF BLISSFUL TIME TOGETHER. SHE WAS A SPUNKY, PLAYFUL, SILLY LITTLE THING. OUR TIME WITH HER BROUGHT US COMFORT FROM BROKEN HEARTS LEFT BEHIND, FROM LOSING OUR DOG TYSON. SHE HEALED OUR HEARTS AND REMINDED US THAT WE HAD PURPOSE AND A REASON TO LIVE ON. SHE GAVE US MORE THAN WE COULD EVER GIVE HER. THE LAST YEAR OF HER LIFE, SHE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. SHE WASNT AS FAST OUT THE DOOR AND SLEPT A LOT MORE THAN WE WERE USED TO. SHE WAS IN SOME PAIN AS WELL. SHE KEPT US ON A STRICT SCHEDULE OF EVERY 12 HOURS, FOR HER ARTHRITIS MEDICINE. SHE WAS WORTH IT THOUGH AND IT FELT GOOD KNOWING HER PAIN WOULD BE LESSENED. LAST MONTH, HER BELLY BEGAN TO GROW RATHER QUICKLY AND AFTER A FEW VISITS, THE VET HAD DIAGNOSED HER WITH CANCER. ALTHOUGH IT MAY SEEM HASTY, THE FOLLOWING DAY WE LET HER GO. WE COULDNT BEAR THE THOUGHT OF HER IN PAIN OR SUFFERING ANY LONGER. SHE WAS BETTER THAN THAT AND WE WANTED HER TO BE REMEMBERED IN HER HAPPIER HEALTHIER MOMENTS, THAN WHAT WE WERE BOUND TO REMEMBER LATER ON. IN HER FINAL MOMENTS, WE WEEPED IN SORROW FOR WHAT WOULD BE OUR LAST MEMORIES SHARED WITH HER. STILL IN HER CONDITION, SHE GOT UP AND WENT TO MY HUSBAND TO COMFORT HIM WHILE HE CRIED. IT WAS HER WAY OF TELLING US THANK YOU AND THAT SHE WOULD BE OKAY. OUR SWEET GIRL PASSED ON TO THE RAINBOW BRIDGE ON A WINDY, SUNNY, SUMMER DAY, UNDER THE SHADE OF OUR FIR TREES IN OUR BACK YARD (HER FAVORITE PLACE) ON AUGUST 1ST. HER SPIRIT LIVES ON IN OUR HEARTS NOW AND WHILE MY EYES STILL FILL WITH TEARS EACH DAY, I GLADLY BEAR THE BURDEN OF A BROKEN HEART TO BRING HER THE COMFORT SHE SO WELL DESERVED. SLEEP NOW WITH ANGELS MY SWEET GIRL. WE LOVE YOU AND YOU ARE MISSED.