I Died Today. By Duke Roberts.
And I ate a lot of hamburgers. We had a party.
And I laughed.
And I thought about how much I’m going to miss it here.
We told jokes.
We were serious.
My friends from next door came to see me. They’re twins. When someone offered them one of my hamburgers, one said, “No thank you. I don’t want to take any from Dukey.”
Kristen came to see me. She’s a hoot. She’s my groomer. And my buddy.
While we were waiting for the vet to come, Kristen said we were going for a walk. Then someone said, “How about a play in the water at the splash park down the street?” So off we went!
“You know I’m going to miss you, right?”
“And you too, right?”
“I need you to help me watch over my family.”
“Did you hear me? This is all I want!”
We got wet today.
We smiled today.
We felt grateful today.
We broke the rules today.
I listened to the kids play off in the distance. And thought about my two babies at home. I loved protecting them.
I relaxed today.
I felt no pain. Even though the tumor grew so big.
I felt the love today.
I said goodbye to my beautiful friend Kira. She “saw” me standing over everybody before the doctor said it was time. I was excited & jumping & happy.
Well, I didn’t say goodbye. I said ’til we meet again.
God, I was lucky. Our time was short. But you both gave me a second chance & we lived it up together. You love when I look at you. I’ll never stop.
Always, Dukey.
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I am crying for the beauty of Dukey and his loved ones, and for the loss. What a joyful way to say I love you, and goodbye.
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😢 Heartfelt and beautiful!
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Deeply moving.
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Go and make me bawl my eyes out, why don’t ya?
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I’m in tears. This is so sad but beautiful. Dogs are the best creature on earth and there should not be a single kill shelter on this planet. This hurts so much but at least Duke’s not hurting anymore. You will see him again. All dogs go to Heaven-there will be animals there. This isn’t all there is. God bless Duke’s family and rest his sweet and precious soul. And thank you for sharing this lovely, touching post. :*)
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Reblogged this on Caged No More and commented:
An amazingly beautiful dialogue if this dog were to write it himself. I cried. Wow, I am speechless.
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Reblogged this on Kruti Mehta and commented:
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
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OMG!! I am actually crying at this…… Coz i have a dog and i know how it feels!!!! I am speechless and RIP buddy!!!! you would always be remembered!!!
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Reblogged this on It's Mayur Remember? and commented:
Posts like these melts your heart
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Yep I’m crying so bad. Thinking about my Titta as well, I didn’t know she’d day that day or I would have made it fun for her..though she was very very old she was still easy to amuse! I’m also grateful for this beautiful post and for my little Linda that’s still with us giving a lot of love ❤ Oh my this comment was quite long wasn't it XD
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Thank you, Jojo! We have a little dog as well and she is FAMILY, loved beyond words 🙂
Cheers, Mike.
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this brought me to tears. So sad, but so beautiful. All dogs go to heaven, and will be waiting for us when we get there. Rest in Peace, Duke. You’re so loved, and by so many!
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Reblogged this on Elephants Need Elephants and People Need Art and commented:
A woman was taking care of my dog as I had my second lung cancer surgery. she lived in detroit and me in toronto. she would come fairly often and i was with my dog a lot. i had her for 12 years. then she told the border guards that she refuised a breatha lyzer and they refused her entry. For the next year I went to Detroit about three times but each visit were entries into her world of insanity. It was difficult to spend time with Samantha and I began to see things in a different reality but Sam bravest of souls carried on. I had a major art exhibition in Detroit after 40 years of exile and the truest magnanimous be st people I know were there. I saw Sam. So iin spite of trips and love this woman put Sam down. She called me from the et, and I heard her being led off. No warning for me., no good byes, no thought that it was graciously done. So I find it so hard to resolve for myself. Your farewell is the most loving and I would done the Same for Sammy. She loved burgers and it likely would never have meant a trip to the vet. Tears are streaming down my face. I want to feel some closure and I feel her here with me. Such love can never be diminished. Goodby Dukey, Find Sam.
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Thank you so much for sharing this. I was in tears of sadness and joy. Duke looked so happy to have spent his last days surrounded by his loving family. I lost my dog, Sarah on the 23rd October last year and this reminded me of how beautiful and happy my last days with her were. I remember saying goodbye to her as my dad took her in the car to the vet to get her second treatment, but little did I know, she wasn’t coming home. The vet told us the day she was going to be put to sleep that she can pancreatic cancer and a growing tumour. It was heartbreaking, as she was only 11 years old but it was nice to know that she was going away peacefully.
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Reblogged this on The Adventures of a Cheerful Church Mouse and commented:
Thank you for a beautiful, heartwarming post.
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Having said goodbye not long ago to Roscoe, this was heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. Thank you for sharing.
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