Boogie

2010 - 2024

From the moment I saw him, I knew we’d share a bond unlike any other. He stood by me through every milestone—my first job, my first heartbreak, my first apartment, and even the big move out of Texas. He spent time with me more than any person, any family member, or any significant other. He was my partner in crime and my confidant. He had a way of making mundane moments special and uncertain ones feel safe. I’d talk to him like he was human because, deep down, I was certain he understood. We seemed to read each other effortlessly. He followed me with unwavering loyalty, the smartest and most devoted companion I’ve ever known. There was me and there was him but really, we were one.

I don’t want to forget him. I want to talk about him to every person I meet and tell them just how good of a boy he was. I want people who didn’t get the chance to meet him, to wish they could own a dog like him. He was my companion, my soul dog and my best friend. He was spoiled beyond measure and I have zero regrets in how spoiled and how hard I loved him. I would have gone to the ends of the earth for him. I loved watching him enjoy the life that I gave him even though he didn’t require much to be happy. I made sure he traveled and went everywhere with me because he deserved to enjoy the things that I did too.
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I will forever miss him and will forever hold this grief and pain deep in my bones. I will walk around with a scream inside me that no one else can hear as I no longer hear that stubborn growl begging for more treats or feel him as he scoots closer to me on the couch so he knows I’m there. I will never move on from it, but I will learn to move with it. It will remind me that grief came, because love came first.

I will always wonder what it would have been like had you lived forever but I know forever wouldn’t have been long enough. So I promise to find you when my time comes and in the next million lifetimes. I love you so much it hurts and I will continue to even more, with every single day that passes and you’re not here. I thank god for bringing you to me and giving me the most amazing 14 years I could ever ask for. I hope that Matt and Ziggy are showing you the ropes on your next chapter and that you are excited to live your next best life watching over me. I promise I will never forget you. To everyone that met him and loved him just as much as I did-thank you from the bottom of my heart