Farewell to Awesome

We had a sad week this past week... On May 1st, we lost an important part of our family. For over seventeen and a half years, Oscar served many functions to our family. He went peacefully in his sleep.

He was many things to us- he was our family doctor and guard dog, and his full time job (which he was excellent at) was to make us all happy. He was happy dressing up in costumes for his birthday, which most frequently involved trips to the Popeyes drive through. He was very cuddly, and did a good job of keeping his people warm and cozy at night. He spent many afternoons walking the neighborhood with his mom, sitting on the back porch with his dad, posing for pictures with his brother, spooning with his sisters, and just generally making the world a happier place. We all spent a lot of time mourning his death, but then Sarah and I realized that he wouldn't be happy with that. He spent his entire life making people happy, and I'm sure if he knew how sad we were, he would think he failed... and nobody wants him to think that! We decided that he was so busy making people happy, and he finally decided that he had achieved his goal and it was ok to leave our world.

We had a solid fifteen years with him in excellent health... about two and a half years ago, he had a back problem that required acupuncture to fix. It gave us a good bit of extra time with him, and he was still so happy. He recently got sick, and it luckily didn't last that long.

We will all miss him greatly- it's not everyday that such a happy, awesome dog comes around. While we're all sad, and know that there's a big hole to fill, we all consider ourselves lucky for getting to have him for so long. Thanks for being such a good boy, Oscar. We love you!