Buddy

Buddy left this world on Saturday, October 12, 2013, but he will never leave my heart.

It was God’s plan for Buddy, and his brother, Spike, to be in my life. All I would ever ask for as a kid was a dog; that’s all I wanted. Finally, on my 8th birthday, my mom responded to an ad in the Penny Saver and went to see some puppies that had just been born 4 weeks prior. The dog that had the puppies only had a litter of two. My mom had only intended on getting one, but she couldn’t just leave the other one behind, so she got both of them. At my birthday party, I was just about to make a wish and blow out the candles, and everyone knows when you make a birthday wish, you close your eyes. When I closed my eyes, I wished for a dog, and when I blew out the candles and opened my eyes, there were two puppies sitting on the kitchen table. My heart melted, and my wish came true. I named Spike after my favorite TV show, Rugrats, and Buddy after my favorite movie, Air Bud. They were the best dogs ever.

Spike left this world the day after I graduated High School, June 9th, 2008. In December of 2010, Buddy moved with me from our hometown in Victorville, California to Oakdale, Minnesota. I enrolled in Metropolitan State University after finishing community college in my hometown, and I refused to leave home without my dog. Buddy outlived his brother by 5 years, and passed away at 15 years of age. I had him for more than half of my life; we grew up together. He was my best friend, the love of my life, and my son. I was devastated when I came home and found he had died in my living room. I fell to my knees and was instantly hysterical. I don’t know how to live life without Buddy, but now I have to. He has been through everything with me, and has always been my source of comfort when I am feeling down. He was the only thing that could put a smile on my face no matter how angry or upset I was. It is going to be tough to go on living without him, but I will look at his picture every day and remember the good times we shared. He will forever be in my heart, and I cannot wait to meet him and his brother on the other side. I love and miss you, Bu Bu Bear. Give Spike a kiss for me