Sophie

there is the most sweet and gentle golden retriever next door. Sophie. she is the first love of the three boys in the family who are now my age who grew up with her. they discovered a tumor on her paw last month and amputated it to save her. last week they found out that the tumor spread anyways and is in her lungs and her heart and pancreas. so they brought her home to die.

she follows the dad around the yard with her white bandaged paw. the family cancelled plans to go away for the summer so they could stay with her while she dies. out the window you see a flash of white bandage, red collar, and yellow fur and then the dad and sophie puttering together. she won't let him out of her sight. it's the saddest and sweetest thing I've seen in a long time.