


You know Angel, the first thing I need to say is that I'm sorry.
I'm sorry that you've always been there for me but I was never there for you.
I'm sorry as we both grew older, we started spending less time together.
The walks got lesser and lesser with each passing year,
Dad took over showering you while I was busy with the school term.
I remember when you first joined the family,
you whined while you were in the car as we left the pet shop.
You slept in the bath tub alone, Dad went to company you.
Countless scoldings because you weren't peeing right.
You were so small I could hold you with one arm.
Then you grew bigger and physically more capable.
Your shenanigans started,
from stealing Bakwa on CNY to creating a hole in the parquet below my bed.
It hit me hard, that maybe for the first time,
I won't have any dog like you licking my tears off when I cry or cuddling on my lap for a short nap.
Barking at me for food or walking me instead of being walked when I bring you down.
Nothing and no one to greet me at the doorstep
with a crazily wagging backside or no one to irritate me + wake me up in the morning.
And worst off, having to one to sleep to.
This 8 years, I've been insanely attached to you and I honestly don't know how to cope with this.
But I'm just gonna keep praying and I know whereever you go,
around me or among tha stars in the skies,
You'll be happy and loved, like how I will always love you.
x, Your Jie jie