Good Bye My Baby

It has been a week I'd rather not remember. We lost our dear Lab/ German Shepherd this week. Thankfully he waited until Aj got home from work and we believe he was awake to see the boys up. He died in our living room in the middle of our morning chaos. He had a long battle with different health issues in his life, even flipping his stomach. We thought we would lose him several times. He was my strength during all of AJ's deployments, my protector on those dark scary nights, and a great friend to our boys and other dogs. I will miss him everyday. The vet took his paw print. What a special keepsake for us. It is sitting on our mantle where we can always remember him in the middle of the chaos. We are all doing ok. I find myself yelling at him to stop barking when I hear the dogs barkingp. My house feels empty without the 115 lbs of black fur and G still walks around looking for him;( . Rest in peace dear friend and we will see you again someday.