Kiki

I watch the videos of us playing in the backyard sometimes. The joy you radiated while spinning, leaping, running was indomitable. When I hurt my knees & couldn't run with you anymore, I should've realized how much I lost in that moment. Even after you hurt your back, you wanted to dance & run. I would give anything to run with you again.

✎ Was there a song or sound they reacted to?
Don't tell your daddy, but I loved that you would "bork" your deep, loud bork to reprimand us for sneezing too loud or dropping an object. We'd reassure you that everything was alright, but secretly it'd crack me up when you'd give us the side eye that said, "You know d*mn well it isn't! Do better!" It was one of the few times your bossy side came out, and I loved it.

Your new sibling doesn't have that deep bork. She barks more like a "normal" dog, although she's relatively quiet for a corgi, like you were. I admit I was a little disappointed she barked instead of borked; I have to remind myself to love her for who SHE is, and not who YOU were.