Four weeks ago today, I lost her.

After years of battling chronic kidney disease, four weeks ago today I lost my girl TG. She would go off roading with me. She went fishing with me. She was my emotional support during a dark time in my life. She was there at my wedding. She was so gentle with my daughter. She was constantly on lookout, the household guardian. She was my shadow everywhere I went. I have shed tears nearly every day since she’s been gone. People at work are starting to ask why I’m not myself. I can count on one hand the days I’ve gone to bed sober since she’s been gone. I knew it would be hard, but I didn’t know it would be this hard. If heaven is real, I need to see her there. I could not have asked for a better dog. I feel like a piece of my soul is gone.