Lucky

✎ How did they get their name?
I specifically remember we went to the house/shelter that he was born at to pick him up as a little puppy and it honestly didn't look so great in there, my sister had already picked out the name Lucky but we really did think he certainly was....Lucky to be out of there and in our house where he'd be loved until he passed on, I got to see his mother while visiting the place at another time as well!

✎ If you could tell them one thing, what would it be?
Thank you so much for quite literally saving my life, I LITERALLY would not be here to write you this message without you banging at my door during that diabetic episode, you were so, SO desperate to alert anyone in the house as to what was going on and thankfully it woke everyone up, you are the reason I'm still alive and I'll carry that with me until it's my eventual time to meet you once again, I'll live this life to my fullest for you because without you I wouldn't have a life to live, I miss you, we'll be together again some day.

✎ What game did you play together?
We never played together because I theorize that you were afraid of hurting me, so you wouldn't play with either me or my sister, you'd only play with Mum and Dad, and honestly? I think that's so sweet, thanks for being so thoughtful

✎ What are you most thankful for?
I've told the story about how you quite literally saved my life, so another thing is that I'm thankful for how you cured my dislike of dogs, I wasn't even sure why I didn't like dogs, I just knew I didn't, but when you came home all of that changed, I held you for the very first time and I questioned as to why I could dislike little guys like you at all, and I've really grown to LOVE dogs. You changed me for the better, and that is something so wonderful

If I could tell you one thing now, it would be that Pebbles is doing REALLY well, she was cured of her itching thanks to new medication and she's gotten a second life! I struggled with this at first but I now understand that getting a new dog isn't replacing you, nobody could ever do what you did in your life, she just needed a friend to cope with losing you, I'm sure she still thinks of you all the time because you two were so close, and man, you were SO patient with her, I don't know if any other dog would have been so patient with some of the ruckus Pebbles used to cause, you truly were a saint.

I remember a dream I had about you, it was a few months after you had passed and while my grief wasn't as bad as the months previous after your passing, it was still considerably bad. I went to sleep one night and I was in my kitchen with my mother, I was sitting on the floor and you came around the corner. I knew you had passed on in my dream so I was confused, and I started crying incredibly hard. It was a whirlwind of emotions but then you walked up to me, sniffed my face and gave me a few licks, which you NEVER licked my face during your wonderful life, and when I woke up I was in tears. I think that was your way of visiting me and telling me that you're OK, in a great place and that you'll be thinking of me and the family until it's our time to see you again, and that dream helped me quite a considerable amount with the grieving process, obviously I'll never be "OK" with it but it certainly got easier to deal with, thanks for visiting me when you did, I needed it.