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On losing, grieving, and celebrating my childhood dog.

How do you mourn someone before they've passed? On Money's life, death, and my attempt at processing it all. Update: also see journal entry 5.21.25 1. Money died today. In the pale morning light, the wind lifted his fur, and for a moment I almost believed his chest would rise if I just kept watching. We’d known since the vet visit two weeks ago—cancerous tumor, internal bleeding, only days to weeks left—and we tried to prepare, if that’s even possible. Some scary nights we sat with him outside, as if waiting for him to die: begging him to stay while also wishing his pain would end. This is Mon

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