I remember the day as vividly as it was yesterday. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgO3mqicHA8
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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. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKREoE4lAN
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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. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHikD016o1
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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. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyugUjllD7p
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTluqsUiToc
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OQak2j4fY
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk73kGtOAlD
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyiqnXMbrv
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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. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYbWntX2S7
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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*671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMatvnjqsq0
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLlBDx4s5U
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9ln3EE5PK
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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. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62nuEGmbEj
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1O9lWX01y
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdAnOKwkQV
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROlFwRposY
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfziFEZdYkz
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpTL6DTr9S
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExFGz5OX6U
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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. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQR4sjqSqae
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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. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaGBTfqQse
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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 pieces671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡva4IJ07rXn
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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. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4o1mfCUJ8
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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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHvNe1tk1n
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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." 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6isPKsANU
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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. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqd2RWnUdZ
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwa4CiK2NO7
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