In Hills like white elephants we see the two characters making an important decision in their life, and just like them we had been facing our own important decisions
Ever since my dog Niity passed away in June, the talk has always been are we getting a dog? “Well we like enjoying our freedom” My mom would say “I don’t want to walk the dog in the cold” My dad would say And in truth we all were enjoying our freedom, we liked the fact that we could come home and not have a dog to take out or a dog to walk. But in all of our hearts we were missing four-legged friend. My mom and I would talk about Niitty all the time and how we missed her. “You know coming home first and not having someone to great you feel so weird” “I know it feels so odd, not coming home to someone” My mom said Talks like that would go on and on, from September to December, and as my mom said “We have to wait for dad, remember he wasn’t here when Niity passed, we need to give him time” Niity passed suddenly when my dad was out of town on a business trip, so it was harder for him than us. It even got to the point in November that my mom and I were talking about dog names “How about Kimo? For Kimo Timomen, former Philadelphia flyer?” “Kimmos a good name,” My mom sad To test the name, I said “Come here Kimmo, Com here!” “That has a great ring to it” “I agree “said my mom “How about pebbles’ said “Pebbles is a good name” My mom responded. After that the conversation died, but something had changed in my mom she said “I really want a dog know, there is something missing in our life, but we have to wait for your father.” “I know mom we have to wait” It wasn’t until a few weeks ago my dad finally said to my mom “I’m ready to get a dog” This was relayed to me when I woke up on Sunday “Chris” My mom said “Dad said he’s ready to get a dog.” “Wait what, where did this come from, I hope I didn’t force you” “No, you didn’t force me to make the decisions, Chris its time.”, So from there we began looking and have found a shelter that we like. And right now, we have to wait for the application and interview process to be completed from there we can pick a new dog. We all miss Niity she was a great dog, but it is time for a new four-legged friend.
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Dominique
2/11/2019 08:40:49 am
Chris this was very heartfelt. I can relate to you because my dog that I grew up with recently passed away as well. You were very descriptive in this scene on a scale of 1-5. I give you a 5. You are a good writer. keep up the good work.
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Samantha Flood
2/11/2019 02:54:03 pm
Animals become like family members so losing them does really hurt everyone in the family. I saw the emotion sadness in your story, but also excitement to adopt another loving dog into your home. I can relate to your story since I lost all 4 of my childhood pets within 2 and a half years of each other, 3 cats and a dog. After about a year, we got two new kittens, reccs and roux (reccs for Mark Recchi and roux for Claude Giroux from the flyers lol)
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Carter Cruse
2/12/2019 04:16:03 am
Chris teared up reading this story because I have a dog now and can't even imagine life without him. Thank you so much for sharing very well written.
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2/12/2019 01:54:20 pm
I saw the emotion sadness in your story. Dogs become a part of the family. We get so used them that it is very emotional when we lose them. I hope you and your family will love your new dog as much as you loved Niity.
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