Kalae died this afternoon. She was 5 months old and It was heartbreaking. Chris & I cleaned up Kalae after school and wrapped her in a towel and then Chris went and got Broedy from tutoring so he could say good-bye to her. I'm not sure what hurts more, the loss of the puppy for me personally or watching Broedy deal with the loss of his beloved friend. Chris, Broedy and I took Kalae to the vet's office today so they could take care of the body (gosh, that is so hard to write out). The car ride was a very quiet one. Broedy (and Chris & I) have shed many tears tonight and I'm sure more are to follow this week and beyond.
One of the things Broedy wanted to do tonight was to e-mail both Grandmas. My Mom's computer is out of comission right now so he called her and talked to her and he was so sweet on the phone. He e-mailed Chris's mom and I wanted to share his e-mail:
Hi Grandma.
kalae died and we are sad.
Adalyn is a good baby.
Are family is sad and lance is to.
from Broedy
He typed this e-mail all by himself. I'm so heartbroken for this child tonight, yet I am so proud of him too. He has dealt with so much this past year and through it all, he has stood strong. He is one amazing little boy and I am so proud to be his Mom.
Here are some pictures of our precious puppy, Kalae. She will be missed dearly by our family.
This was the day we got Kalae!
She was about 2 months old in this picture.
She was so little.
Playing with her bone.
Taking a nap with Adalyn
She really was a beautiful puppy.
This was taken just 1 month ago at the beginning of October. He adored & loved her so much.
Sadly, I didn't take any recent pictures of Kalae. The kids love to take pictures with my old camera and I found these on it when I looked today. Raelyn took this picture of Kalae in her cage just last week.
And Raelyn took this picture of Broedy playing with Kalae last week as well.
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And if that wasn't enough to deal with for one day, we got news today that our house back in MI is gone. They tore it down today and all that is left is part of our old chimney. They had it down within an hour. We KNEW it was going to be torn down and we thought it would be this week Friday, but it happened today. I know it sounds stupid because it's just a house, but I am so broken over this. I talked to my Mom and her and my Dad (who live across the street from our old house) were shocked when they got home today because they were not prepared for it to be gone. They had planned to take one last walk through the house tonight when they got home and were heartbroken when they came home to it gone. I've cried so many tears over this house it isn't funny. I feel bad for my parents.....it's hard enough for me and I wasn't the one who built that house and raised my kids in it, they were. I just feel like it's one more piece of my past that is now gone. It's knowing that I will never be able to take my kids and show them where I grew up or where we lived when we lived when Myles was born and Raelyn was a baby and Broedy started school. It's been a very long day and I feel like all I've done for most of it is cry.
And if that wasn't enough to deal with for one day, we got news today that our house back in MI is gone. They tore it down today and all that is left is part of our old chimney. They had it down within an hour. We KNEW it was going to be torn down and we thought it would be this week Friday, but it happened today. I know it sounds stupid because it's just a house, but I am so broken over this. I talked to my Mom and her and my Dad (who live across the street from our old house) were shocked when they got home today because they were not prepared for it to be gone. They had planned to take one last walk through the house tonight when they got home and were heartbroken when they came home to it gone. I've cried so many tears over this house it isn't funny. I feel bad for my parents.....it's hard enough for me and I wasn't the one who built that house and raised my kids in it, they were. I just feel like it's one more piece of my past that is now gone. It's knowing that I will never be able to take my kids and show them where I grew up or where we lived when we lived when Myles was born and Raelyn was a baby and Broedy started school. It's been a very long day and I feel like all I've done for most of it is cry.
When my parents were building the house.
Our house in the winter when I was growing up.
Our house.
It's been a day of saying good-bye to things that are very dear to my heart.
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