Good-Bye

The vet came out this morning to x-ray Lake. It was immediately clear that he had broken multiple bones including the joint.

There was no hope. There was no explanation. I kept asking the vet how this could happen from a simple kick and he said he had seen it happen before.

To say that my heart was torn out looking into his big gorgeous eyes doesn't even come close. I tried to explain it to Lake but it's hard to make sense of any life ending so soon and so full of promise over such a stupid minor thing like a kick.

I stayed with him... and that's all I can say about that as the tears won't stop and I can't see the page I'm typing on any longer.