Duke’s Last Photos

I’ve been wanting to put these up but it was too hard. I thought I’d do better tonight than I did. As soon as I started looking at them, I started crying. It  feels like it just happened. It still hurts so much. The day before I was to say goodbye, I wanted to get a few pics of Duke with some Christmas. My plan was for him to wear a Hawaiian shirt but it didn’t arrive in time. I needed to get these up for some closure. So very hard. My heart doesn’t want to say goodbye.
 

We had fed him some canned chicken and that made him feel better before going to the vet. He enjoyed half the ride sitting up and looking out the windows. I’m so very thankful for these last few photos. They were his gift to me.That’s what I saw when I opened up the bedroom door.
  

Happy to be going for a ride.

These next are the last two. And this one I just love. I could stare at it for hours. It’s the one I have on my desk at work. I’m so thankful he gave me these last good pictures as a gift to me. I’ll treasure them always.

I’ll never forget him.