I remember the day as vividly as it was yesterday. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEB7v98cnTB
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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. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NiX1AiWSM
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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. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOU6qG131To
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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. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNQcKTT9uP
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgscZz78UNp
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgPeChFz0u
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYfqeFuca0
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7NvwiMgMO
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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. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjdF5nY5aZ
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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*1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAvDohcSZT
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLjLzqjGNL
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoFEy5RRpx
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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. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyH3FjVqBe7
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJd2NdYKs9
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3r9FrjymPW
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0y4JlC5BR
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoQ4lgqUh5
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1KcuIAMW6
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFls0jz3OAo
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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. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRTN1LtvYw
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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. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7TAH2MSik
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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 pieces1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywPz1ADaMn
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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. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vWc2NNxNw
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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.1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh72rkdqln5
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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." 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFRBTaciGt
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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. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrKLR4mLlO
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 1042Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvSzbTvHNm
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