I remember the day as vividly as it was yesterday. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqFSMewXye
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The four of us were sitting in front of the Mandir (temple) at home and praying, my cousin's hands shook as she held onto the book of Ganesh Aarti (Indian deity), my other cousin ringing the bell and both me and my sister sat there with folded hands, all of us wishing that she pulls through. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXF0Qpvto4P
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It was the ninth day of Navaratri, (Navaratri is a Hindu festival that spans nine nights and is celebrated every year. Young girls are invited to the devotees' houses, where they wash their feet as a mark of respect, and then offer food to them) we had just come home after a substantial meal next door, smiling and comparing our inexpensive gifts. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLb7LfaVJK
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We stopped short, our eyes landing on the small bundle of black, white and fawn coloured, barely five months old, floppy, lying on the ground in the living room, breathing heavily. Next to her, my mother and buasa (aunt) sat, injecting her with medicines and slowly dripping water in her mouth. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgfbQSTwtL
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirp5NQQzQk
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AzIIgnLJb
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJ9PLCLBLQ
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0Y3g3dHwr
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My cousins had come to stay with us for a few days and they had gotten floppy as a present from one of their close relatives, I remember my cousins being ecstatic over having her as their new family member. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9S3xGdnEm
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"Go", Mumma reminded us again, softly this time. We quickly made our way to the only hope that had left. *GOD*1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡle8jfFDZdL
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaRICH1ssW
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNiE3sLGde
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I can't forget the sight in front of me, for the longest time I'd just look at that spot in the living room and see her body laying there. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWyPkSAg0S
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0uGYIEOJg
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjG3DE9iAAv
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4ThzMNXEE
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGbIOrGRn8
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsw3wGlpjpI
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRw8bbvoE2Q
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Me and my cousin (the one my age) were sitting on the balcony. I didn't know how to comfort her, so I kept silent, staring at her as she stared at the setting sun. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4KkcHHoNe
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"It's Navaratri and all the girls are worshipped today, then why did they take her?" She asked.
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"She'll be happy wherever she goes", she continued on. "Only two months with her but the pain of losing her is unbearable", she finally looked at me, as she whispered with tearful eyes. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsYavLRldE
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The next day, when I went out to buy something, I ran into my neighbor and the what they said broke my heart into pieces1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdn2d4BeqZ
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"We heard a lot of crying yesterday, I called your father and found out your relatives' dog died, the way everyone was crying, we thought someone passed away." and then he laughed, I was speechless, I just stood there and stared at him, thinking had it been my cousin here instead of me she would've effed him up good but I just left without saying anything. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQyDc4QukA
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I can't begin to imagine what my relatives went through that day. It's something not a lot of us can understand until we've experienced it.1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIfmKaQxYQ
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Years later after losing another dog of 10 years, my cousin said to me "It's like she took part of my soul with her, I have a hole in my heart now, which only she can fill." 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KK5CZJf7Y
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Dogs are the greatest gift to humanity, and it's true, when they leave they take a part of our soul with them. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVQzfdXU8w
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 1087Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8U1bp8wQ4L
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