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.:Im Glad to Have Met You:.
Eight years.
Eight Years I got to call you mine.
It was funny how quickly you and I clicked when we met, and while things were a little rocky for the first week, we ended up working out really well. You were perfect. My family loved you, so did my friends, and even random strangers always stopped to talk to me about you. We knew very little about your actual history, where you came from, how old you really were, or how you ended up where you did..but it didnt matter. I decided to take you home, and I couldnt have been happier with that choice.
Thats not to say everything was perfect, we had our ups and downs, but we had many, many more good days than bad. I jokingly called you my son, but really, you pretty much were. We were a family. You were so well behaved, even for the things you didnt like. You stole the spotlight at my wedding, you stole the hearts of those that met you..and occasionally you liked to try and steal things out of the garbage or off the countertops. You were so smart..sometimes too smart. You made me laugh, you brought me comfort, you were my companion. After my first dog, I didnt think I could ever love a dog as much as I did him, but you proved me wrong.
Then two weeks ago, a visit to the vet revealed that you had cancer..I was devastated..We all were. It spread..far too quickly, it started affecting you more and more, but we did what we could to make you comfortable. Then one day I had to rush you in for a bleeding nose, and the bloodwork showed you were steadily declining. Yeah, they could patch you up, but we knew it was only prolonging the inevitable..We made the choice to say goodbye. We spent 3 hours at the vet, holding you, petting you, saying goodbye. Im sorry. I knew you didnt like the vet, and im sorry that had to be the last place you saw before you went..but I stayed with you every step of the way. Its so hard to think youre gone.
Even for as much as it hurts now, I know that eventually the tears will stop and I will think back on you fondly. I wouldnt trade a moment of our time together, knowing that it hurts as much as does just goes to show how much you meant to me.
I am glad to have met you.
Im glad that for eight years I got to call you mine.
RIP Lance, my fabulous son. 4/23/2018
art by me, and a special thanks to my friend Alee (Redvarg/Sargassos) for drawing out the wings for me
Eight Years I got to call you mine.
It was funny how quickly you and I clicked when we met, and while things were a little rocky for the first week, we ended up working out really well. You were perfect. My family loved you, so did my friends, and even random strangers always stopped to talk to me about you. We knew very little about your actual history, where you came from, how old you really were, or how you ended up where you did..but it didnt matter. I decided to take you home, and I couldnt have been happier with that choice.
Thats not to say everything was perfect, we had our ups and downs, but we had many, many more good days than bad. I jokingly called you my son, but really, you pretty much were. We were a family. You were so well behaved, even for the things you didnt like. You stole the spotlight at my wedding, you stole the hearts of those that met you..and occasionally you liked to try and steal things out of the garbage or off the countertops. You were so smart..sometimes too smart. You made me laugh, you brought me comfort, you were my companion. After my first dog, I didnt think I could ever love a dog as much as I did him, but you proved me wrong.
Then two weeks ago, a visit to the vet revealed that you had cancer..I was devastated..We all were. It spread..far too quickly, it started affecting you more and more, but we did what we could to make you comfortable. Then one day I had to rush you in for a bleeding nose, and the bloodwork showed you were steadily declining. Yeah, they could patch you up, but we knew it was only prolonging the inevitable..We made the choice to say goodbye. We spent 3 hours at the vet, holding you, petting you, saying goodbye. Im sorry. I knew you didnt like the vet, and im sorry that had to be the last place you saw before you went..but I stayed with you every step of the way. Its so hard to think youre gone.
Even for as much as it hurts now, I know that eventually the tears will stop and I will think back on you fondly. I wouldnt trade a moment of our time together, knowing that it hurts as much as does just goes to show how much you meant to me.
I am glad to have met you.
Im glad that for eight years I got to call you mine.
RIP Lance, my fabulous son. 4/23/2018
art by me, and a special thanks to my friend Alee (Redvarg/Sargassos) for drawing out the wings for me
Category Artwork (Digital) / Miscellaneous
Species Canine (Other)
Size 1300 x 1700px
File Size 2.53 MB
Listed in Folders
Love you too Muzzy I know youre not a huge fan of dogs (or maybe just big dogs?) but I know you would have loved him, as he would have really loved you too! There wasnt one person whom he didnt like, and for the most part it seemed to be the other way around too. Thank you so much, Muzzy
What a beautiful piece, and the message.
Almost had me tearing up.
I'm going to miss that handsome boy. I adored all the time I got to spend with him during my visit for your wedding. He was such a showstopper at the said wedding, it was adorable and it's one of those events I wouldn't forget, many thanks to your wonderful boy.
Rest in peace, Lance.
Almost had me tearing up.
I'm going to miss that handsome boy. I adored all the time I got to spend with him during my visit for your wedding. He was such a showstopper at the said wedding, it was adorable and it's one of those events I wouldn't forget, many thanks to your wonderful boy.
Rest in peace, Lance.
This is a truly emotional piece and the best way to honor Lance's memory. The details in this is beautifully done, you've conveyed the texture of Lance's fur so perfectly that I can remember what it was like petting him, the bittersweet mood tugs my heartstrings, even the way this is posed- it seems like y'all are flying but only Lance is going while you're not based on the tears. It's heartbreakingly beautiful.
I know whenever I come to visit, of course you are always my main reason to be there but I was always excited to see Lance. He was always excited to see you come through the door, no matter who you are. Even now, as I close my eyes and remember him, I can hear the clickyclack of his nails on the hardwood floors as he literally prances to see you. I remember the way he would toss his head around as he looks for his bone and his ears flopping around. I remember the weight of his head as he laid it on my lap when I was telling him that you were having fun at A-Kon that I couldn't go and how you'd be coming home soon. I remember 4th of July when everyone wasn't in the house and he cowered in my room while I was watching Avatar the Last Airbender as the fireworks were going off outside. I remember watching the transformation of his fabulous cuts; going in the vet clinic looking like a shaggy mop and coming out sleek and goddamn gorgeous. I remember pushing the fur on his face to reveal those big soulful eyes as he stares at me. Like I've said before, I am so fuckin' lucky to have known him and be loved by him. It's hard to imagine that he's gone because he had such spirit about him that is so filled with energy and love and leaves a lasting impression on everyone who has the pleasure of meeting him. He was just that kind of dog you had to know in person. He's the kind of dog who will be remembered forever.
The world may have lost one of it's light but know that you have given him the best life possible, the one he deserved because he had you. Lance knew he was yours and only yours; that will never change.
Love you fabulous boy, you will be sorely missed.
I know whenever I come to visit, of course you are always my main reason to be there but I was always excited to see Lance. He was always excited to see you come through the door, no matter who you are. Even now, as I close my eyes and remember him, I can hear the clickyclack of his nails on the hardwood floors as he literally prances to see you. I remember the way he would toss his head around as he looks for his bone and his ears flopping around. I remember the weight of his head as he laid it on my lap when I was telling him that you were having fun at A-Kon that I couldn't go and how you'd be coming home soon. I remember 4th of July when everyone wasn't in the house and he cowered in my room while I was watching Avatar the Last Airbender as the fireworks were going off outside. I remember watching the transformation of his fabulous cuts; going in the vet clinic looking like a shaggy mop and coming out sleek and goddamn gorgeous. I remember pushing the fur on his face to reveal those big soulful eyes as he stares at me. Like I've said before, I am so fuckin' lucky to have known him and be loved by him. It's hard to imagine that he's gone because he had such spirit about him that is so filled with energy and love and leaves a lasting impression on everyone who has the pleasure of meeting him. He was just that kind of dog you had to know in person. He's the kind of dog who will be remembered forever.
The world may have lost one of it's light but know that you have given him the best life possible, the one he deserved because he had you. Lance knew he was yours and only yours; that will never change.
Love you fabulous boy, you will be sorely missed.
Oh babe, you always got to out comment everyone, dont you xD Im kidding, im kidding, I really appreciate you taking the time to write all that up, as I think next to me and Fido, you were like..the third 'parent'..uncle perhaps? Maybe thats a way of looking at it. Either way, you shared a lot of good memories with him, one of my favorites being where you were petting him and he kept looking at you with those big sad eyes, and you very quietly went "..u ok?" Still one of my fav videos, and it makes me smile every time I see it. I also really wanted to thank you again for letting me text you during that painful moment when we had made the decision, and I let him know that you loved him too. Im so happy to have shared him with you
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