R.I.P. Hassiba 1995 - 2008

We said goodbye to Hassiba today. He had a good morning with us, and thanks to the very kind vet, was able to pass in his own home.

Ann and I dug him a final resting place in the back yard underneath some shade. Of course, we've been crying on and off all day. We miss him a lot.

The first day is hard because you keep finding yourself doing things without him for the first time; the first time you come downstairs and he's not there to greet you, the first time you sit down to dinner and he's not scouring the kitchen floor for scraps of cheese, the first time you go for a walk and don't call out to him that you'll be right back.

We're heartbroken, but that's only because we had such a wonderful friend in the first place. We'll always love him.