I remember the day as vividly as it was yesterday. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpw0hakLhB
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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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZ1JaUVwOw
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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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qeDGarFU0
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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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDHKulchej
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2C0prPwDq9
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Nnf72owQ6
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YxkHVSyS2
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKVbqTshtQ
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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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qNAtpsQxD
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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*804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lFXRU7jcZ
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFh3ZDFYg5C
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFRXVMqkEe
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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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeIz6tjMkO
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuoKp7KqL8
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjztwCy9oa8
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZvbc84lQ2
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXWkXkBh8k
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIGRVqK54P
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RU17aMbZf
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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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpX6Jp4EwPq
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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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9wZ9WYBnh
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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 pieces804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbY1C1Y1Sgp
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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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Qednwnrzw
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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.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6zE1ysoSF
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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." 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1st7HuVO7
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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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNe52FysfoN
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83YwQoudpJ
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