I remember the day as vividly as it was yesterday. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2nDc7YaqQ
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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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0Ifgy9yig
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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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qJkt2ozA2
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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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jLiyrFkTM
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQLVzlXOcY
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4ekYRM5KZ
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCiwwAsFoA
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAWEDdxvjM
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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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZc3HJ44CpY
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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*686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWWpfu2c3F
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmo1Buw4Ct1
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwU9IynOosa
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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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbM8zFhxsX
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44lJjs88Vx
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUZOkDGhb3
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEy7guFLRkP
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ923LUgwHgi
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitLg0ozwnw
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vaCrSZKjN
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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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphAcTWPInZ
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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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsVKgIRWOp
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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 pieces686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRVIPtjxP4
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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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtTOSFHU8Y
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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.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOUQPleg0X
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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." 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcjGa93Rqs
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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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSf4eeOMn8e
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJcJ1WpPDh
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