Aidan

To Mr. Polar Bear, who was given away to rescue twice before we got the privilege of bringing him home. The first family said you got too big and the second family said you just weren’t what they were expecting. We’re eternally grateful for those people’s poor judgment; otherwise we wouldn’t have gotten to find out what a great dog you were.

The words “Thank you” isn’t nearly enough. You were our mediator, The Sheriff, for your brothers. You were our alarm clock for mealtime, cookies, and walks. You were our howling Wookie Bear to cheer us up. Last, but not least, you were our much needed evidence that, yes, we are capable of having a fantastic normal dog, despite your brother’s best attempts at proving that wrong.

You were typically everybody’s favorite, and it was always obvious why. Everything feels so unbalanced without you here. All of the routines are different now, and we keep thinking we’ll see you there when we walk into a room. It’s going to be very hard to get used to life without you around.

There’s so much regret for walks you’ll never take, cookies you’ll never eat, and new people that you’ll never meet so they could discover how great you were. If there was any way we could have done anything to give you more time, we would have.

Your life was too short, and you went much too quick… but we loved you so much forever would not have been long enough.

We will never stop missing you Aidan.