I remember the day as vividly as it was yesterday. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LHCmq3hp0
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8WBr0ohYL
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxchFkSuf2A
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjnc83ts7z
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzATVq5ppkk
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡen4ihh6QZr
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMXtUzPsVq
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4vufvyP0k
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIKUp1QCVo
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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*674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZi8ccaUiDS
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IVpDzsT2E
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYINx0UzgN
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUHNWX9kpQ
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7PPOvaCaP
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpSujaZENr
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0IrlBQevx
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ihlcsTaSO
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUGj0FCgUb
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcs5tp78W3
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesBV3RRdT0
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuQ0mKa1cI
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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 pieces674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelgG4spjxK
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPTepniFI1
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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.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZC8Fr5ZJE
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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." 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspQm5LT6b6
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVjMOamOQY
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzncrLwq7A
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