10/13/2024
It is with a heavy heart that I fulfill my duty to my beloved dog to announce her passing.
She closed her eyes peacefully for the last time at 13:33 10/10/2024, surrounded by her family of humans and cats.
She was as young as 17 years old. She helped raise three human children, and at least one adult as***le who seriously needed to grow the f**k up before she could finally rest.
She survived three mullings by German Shepherds, clocked at least 50k miles on a tank of a Kawasaki ZRX1100, visiting 5-6 states and about 10 First Nations. She slept in tents, sweats, couches, beds of strangers--human, canine, and otherwise-- under the stars, in tents, on the side of I-5, PCH, 101, Rt66, in a boat, in a canoe, on lakes, swam in two Oceans, "busked" for money, sat patiently at band rehearsals and motorcycle garages, she spent 4 years blind and helped raised a little girl into a beautiful grown ass human being whose voice and touch was one of the last for her in this life.
She greeted hundreds of guests at a busy cafe in San Francisco for 10 years plus never letting a single person feel unwelcomed even with her emo human f**king s**t up.
She was the off leash dog sitting at the corner of 23rd St. And S Van Ness Ave "Does she belong to someone?". She made friends with birds, pigs, goats, horses, but she seemed the most happy at the beach. In my mind, she will always be running through the mist and the salty air, fast and lean, every ounce of her 11 lbs in furious motion. She inspired me to be ferocious and intentional even if I know I'm running nowhere fast.
She was my constant companion, on good days, great days, not so f**king great days. She taught me to be a gentler human being and to love people with reckless abandon. She taught me to be brave by embracing and at times relying on fear.
I am bereft and breathless with loss. Yet she continues to inspire me to embrace life with everything I got.
So I will try and embrace her death, not as some loss to me, but as a celebration of a life well lived. The end of a job well done.
Congratulations. You have done it. I will miss you something terrible. But I celebrate you. Thank you.
