of something special and dear to you is never easy. Why is it when a human passes on, everyone in the world seem to mourn, but when an animal does, no one even looks twice? Well, today we lost something dear to us.

Nikki, our daschund, has passed on. I wouldn't call it a sudden death as she had been ill for awhile. She was weak and could hardly lift her head. We brought her to the vet and he had told us that her kidneys were failing and that the only thing we could do was to make her as comfortable as possible. Even though she was stubborn and an attention seeker, she was still lovable.

Her last hour was spent with Danny helping her clean her eyes. They were sunken in and have lost that twinkle. I suppose now she's no longer suffering. Danny and I will be sending her to PAWs for a burial later... and I'm trying hard not to start crying again when the time comes.