R.I.P Map :'(

My friend's dog, Map, passed away in April, and I didn't know that till like an hour ago.. I wanted to say sth but I ended up not saying anything. Idk.. I didnt want to remind him.

Why didn't I see that post on my feeds sooner :( ?  I stumbled on his fb today and unconsciously scrolled through his timeline till I saw a picture of map. My heart dropped to the ground... :'( the last time I saw him in September, he was still jumping around and waving his fluffy tail as he saw us walking to the front yard...

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I first know of my friend's dogs Cookie and Cream/Map when he told me about how cookie was going to have puppies. Soon after that, while we were at work, he showed me a photo that apparently looked like a bunch of tiny furry balls snugging together >"< cuteness overloaded!!! It's been a while I dont remember everything in detail, but I think they had 7 in total but 1 couldnt make it.
I was so excited holding them for the first time, I hadn't held a pet for years ㅠ_ㅠ. I got a lil teary as I remembered holding my dog ever since she was just a tiny little burnt bun. We basically grew up together for 11 years. Anyway, one of them was obviously fatter than the rest and another one was so lazy/sleepy that he barely moved ( *￣▽￣)σ . I think I still have a picture of them somewhere. I fed the fat one once and watched him munching his cracker and the tip of my finger ^^ I wonder how they look now, they must have grown a lot :)

I remember Map being all playfulhyper when I first saw him, always running and waving his tail, standing up and reaching his front legs to my legs (yes, scratched my arms/legs all over everytime). Cookie, however, was being cutely shy. After few minutes of patience, she slowly came closer and let me gently scratch her back. Map, too, loved to be scratched on the head and around the ears. He loved playing fetch, always looked so eager and happy waiting for my friend to throw whatever so he could run after it. But my friend's mom told me that map could be really disobedient at times and that he hated her cause she yelled at him everytime :) ... :( it must have been devastating for her, for all of them...

*these ninjas are chopping onions around me again*


Talking of his mom, once in awhile when something relevant suddenly reminded me of my friend or his mom, I wondered how she was doing. Back then I always found her story touching and respectable how she worked hard with all kind of jobs and took care of the family at the same time, and how she fought against sickness. Hope she has been well.


My parents have grown old too and become much less as healthy as before, while I was busy out there trying to figure out all these youth and dreams thingy, careers, future, relationship, life's purposes and stuffs.
Sigh*



I should go to bed now before I start hating on myself for sleeping so late every night.

G'night map :) good boy.