My Butler Options

[Butlers Dad]

I lost my best friend 17 days ago. I wish I were able to say to everyone here that is going through this either recently or further in the past that it gets easier with each passing day, but I can't. If anything, it seems like it's getting harder. I still haven't been able to bring myself to clean the house, even though the smell of him is all but gone. The vacuum cleaner still has his hair in it from the last time I vacuumed before he left, and I can't seem to bear the thought of emptying it. I have managed to put up his food and water bowl, but his treats and dog food are still in the kitchen, in the place they've always been.

To tell you our story would take awhile, and as I write this, I realize that I have nothing left but the time that it would take to tell that story, and yet I can't, or don't want to tell it, even to the very people that can understand what I am going through.

The thing is, it just occurred to me that the one thing in my life that has always been there to help me through times like this is Butler.

What little is left of my broken heart goes out to each and every one of you here.

Butlers Dad