the best girl in the whole wide world

Said goodbye to my girl Oswin a couple weeks ago. I knew it would be hard, it was so much worse than I expected. But I'm through the worst of it now, I think, and can appreciate our last day together. We spent the day at the park, she chased squirrels and barked at the ducks. We took a walk through our neighborhood and she smelled every blade of grass before coming home to have a cheeseburger for dinner. We all got cozy, snuggled up in our bed and she went to sleep for the last time listening to her favorite song (Come And Get Your Love - it was the only thing that ever made her howl and she'd sign along every time it came on).

I love you, Oz Paws. Thank you for everything. You were a very good dog.