Tribe of trolls

Wrex was 11 years old boston terrier and would of been 12 in Sept. It’s been a very hard week for me of his passing. It was sudden, I’ve only had him for 2 yrs at the age of 9 when I adopted him from my brother. Long story short in the process of trying to figure out what was going on with him with my vet, within just one week of finding out he had cancer and it reached his lungs. He was healthy, he was vibrant, he was full of life. Nothing was indicating he was sick this entire time of 2023, it took just one week. And cancer took him one quiet sunday morning, which I was there and experienced the process of him passing away safe in my arms. I’m still heart broken, still grieving but it’s not feeling as heavy as I am aware that he’s no longer sick and is free. He can play forever just how he likes it because he ALWAYS wants to play. 

I’m so glad in the 2 yrs I got to take him to park thats near my neighborhood to play fetch with him. Let him lay in the cool grass, drink some water, enjoy the sun. He got to go to family bbq’s, he got his first swimming lesson in a pool with a life jacket on him. He has met so many of my neighbors and majority of my neighbors he would run to, to say hello. He got to play with SO MANY construction workers that were in the front of the house working on putting in a sewer system in my neighborhood lol. He had a very friendly disposition with people that I knew I didn’t have to worry he would do anything to anyone. If he ran at someone, he had a ball in his mouth and put the toy down staring up like “Play!?” The only thing I WAS worried of was how people reacted to him so I would only let him meet people that showed interest in wanting to pet him. He’s gone to deli trips with me even though the trip to the deli was always a big one for him, it always gave him anxiety because of all the sounds and smells. (I think he thought he was going to the vet to be honest lol) But I was teaching him to socialize and using treats to get him use to the area and we were only there for five to ten minutes. As my husband was in the deli store to get breakfast. 

Once we were back home, that little experience which is down the block from our home, tired him out lol. I had him dressed up for holidays, just simple t-shirts or just a bow tie on the collar. Only time there was a costume was during christmas and he was dressed up as an elf and this year he was a reindeer. He was always patient with those kind of silly pictures I’d take of him, thats’ the only time I’d have him in a costume lol. He was all spruced up for mothers day in his button down plaid shirt so he got all the attention from my family such as my mom, cousins and aunts lol. There is so much that I can type about him, there is so much he did in just 2 years with me and my husband. And I’m glad we got to know him and love on him as much as he loved us. 2 years feels so short but when I think of all the things me and my husband did with him, he had a blast as there wasn’t any place we didn’t bring him. This year it’s going to be so much different. It’s going to be hard to not have him for family vacations, holidays and more. I do plan on adopting some day but I am going for just one year to recover from this and see how I feel in a year. It’s all touch and go from here on and out and going through this process to grieve. It has so many up and down moments. I miss him so much and my house just feels...empty. Me and my husband are working through it together and my family is there for us to. And my best friend Minstrelofmyths has been there for me to! <3