In Memoriam

Michaelangelo
Warmth of pure sincerity

It spent me hours looking for the one right phrase to describe this youngest member of the family. It brought me so brokenhearted as I slowly tracked back those past years and realized how meaningful his presence was to our lives.

Every morning Mae started the day by barking around the porch. Before his morning walk, he greeted every member of the family by barking and hopping toward us.

In the afternoon, he took a walk around the block. Because he was very chubby, his pace was so slow, even his run was slower than other dogs’ walk. And when we got home from work, he was the first one to greet us. Yes, we could already hear him from a few houses away.

When we watched TV at night, he would slip through between our feet and just lay there with us until bedtime at around 10.

One morning, Mae was found injured on the sidewalk. Nobody knew what has happened. His abdomen area was badly bruised and his back-left foot was broken. He had to spend 2 nights at the clinic and couldn’t eat at all for 6 days because of internal damages. He strongly struggled through every vomit and finally managed to eat and learned to walk again, until one morning, February 5th, 2008, he passed away.

Thanks for being so strong to stay with us longer, Mae.
Thanks for such warmth of your pure sincerity.

We love you so much, Michael…
And we will miss you even more…
But I guess you’ve already known that.