Sometimes it's hard to let go and say goodbye one last time. Saying goodbye one last time can shatter you from the inside out. Saying goodbye one last time can break you emotionally. Saying goodbye can sting. A loss can make you stronger but it can also hit you in your weak spot. One student at BHS  knows that losing an animal is one of the hardest things to go through.

When her parents got their first dog they had found her and they decided to keep her. They ended up deciding that they were going to breed her so she could have puppies. Once Lova (Moms Name) had babies they ended keeping four of the dogs. Once the dogs got settled in, her whole family was excited because they were the first dogs the family ever had.

Eventually, as the dogs started growing up she would spend a lot of time with them. She would play tag with them. One of her dogs (Gordo) was tough, he was the one that would jump on you no matter what. Some of her family members would be scared of the dogs because they were big dogs. Afterward, they ended up having only 3 dogs because they had sold one of them. But as the dogs got older things were not looking so hot. Their dog's mom ended up dying because it was just suffering too much, she would starve herself, she would stay outside in the cold winter on purpose. Gordo was given to a family member and ended up passing away due to cancer. Nena was the only dog alive at the time until things took an unexpected turn.

One day my friend received the devastating news that nena passed away when she was in Detroit returning from a one month vacation. She was getting ready to go to the mall when her mom got a call from her son that Nena had choked and passed away. Nenas leash was too long and she was on top of her dog house and when she jumped off she was caught and she choked. When she found out, she was in shock. She didn't know what to do. Her family’s reaction was the same, no one knew how to react. Afterward her brother buried Nena in their backyard.

Letting go of something so valuable to you can shatter you inside. Even though people go through some hard things it doesn't mean it will make a bad or a good thing to them in life. Like some people in this same situation might not trust dogs anymore. When someone gets a dog over time the dog becomes like family. Losing that dog is like losing a family member because it was part of the family at one point.