This labrador was given to my professor as a gift by one of his female "friends" and naturally, he could not bring this dog home without firing the wrath of his wife. I gladly adopted this stinky dog and named her maru. I gave her a home, took care of her, bathed her, gave her toys and loved her from the bottom of my heart. My family was even forced to treat her as a part of our family because I insisted.
Maru lived for nine years and to say that her nine years on this earth were the best nine years of my life is not enough to describe how she made me happy.
Maru was an intelligent dog but she wasn't perfect. She doesn't want her nails cut, she has her moods and her misgivings (like tearing down my Jurado Law Reviewer) but she surely made me the center of her universe. I was her all without me asking for it . To say the least, everything I know about unconditional love I learned from Maru.
The joy that she brought me however, does not surmount the pain that I feel now that she's gone. There is now a void that I know will never again be filled. I know I can find a new dog or even a new person to somehow fill that void but surely, no one can take the place of Maru. Maru may just be a dog but she is more human than most people I know. The creature that she is, she knows more about love and loyalty than most of us. No one will ever love me the way she did and my heart is crying and will forever cry for I know I was not able to give back to her the love and loyalty that she gave me her whole life.
4 days have passed since she passed away and I still can't help myself from crying. I know that soon, I have to stop crying. But for now, let me wallow in pain for I have lost my soldier, daughter, best friend and partner in crime. I lost my beloved. How painful it is, I'm sure no one will ever know. I am in pain and I will forever be in pain for losing Maru.
