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Rhodesian Ridgeback mix 🐶♀
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2,334 days. I met you 2,334 days ago. I brought you home and become your mom 2,327 days ago and I have loved and cherished every single minute of it. Every single moment with you has been a blessing, a miracle really. I have no doubt that we were meant to be together. We are so alike, you know. We’re both fiercely independent, know what we want, stubborn, incredibly intuitive and perceptive, kind, loving, and gentle. We had so much fun together these last 2,334 days. From traveling to Virginia to visit your grandparents and getting to run around like a silly girl on their property, to looking for all the cats in nyc, to going to work with me and being their “official mascot,” to eating bully sticks and trying to steal them from pet shops, to chasing the pigeons, rubbing your soft bunny ears, to sitting up high somewhere together so you could gaze out at your kingdom, to flipping over on your back to rub yourself around in the grass, sunbathing on the hottest days imaginable because you love the heat, to sleeping on all of the pillows, to snuggling with me in bed and on the couch and taking up all the room, hanging out with our friends or just the two of us outside of the restaurants in Sunnyside, to everyone you meet to instantly fall in love with you, to befriending all of the shop owners in Sunnyside that give you all of the treats, to communicating with me by licking your lips/sticking your tongue out, to your sweet hugs you’d give by wrapping your head/neck around my shoulder/neck/arm, to going international with you (Canada), to picnics and your birthday celebrations in the park, to our long walks that only you could direct, and finally to being the greatest mother-daughter duo that’s ever lived. You lived such a full life my sweet girl, and I’m so glad I got to experience it with you. You’ve given me the greatest gift of being a mother, and it’s been an honor to be yours. I find a lot of comfort knowing you’re finally in a place that’s pain-free, most likely surrounded by all of the kitty cats, pigeons, bully sticks, and open fields to run around in. Sweet dreams my sweet girl. I love you forever and I’ll see you again soon. 🩷 by @figgyolive

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#doggosofinstagram #blackmouthcur #adoptdontshop #rhodesianridgeback #dogsofinstagram #rhodesianridgebacksofinstagram #rhoesianridgebackmix #figgy #dog #dogs #doggo #doggos #blackmouthcurmix #nyc #ny #newyorkcity #newyork #astoria #li #longisland #longislandcity #lic #manhattan #tripawd #vegan #queens #hike #virginia #appalachiantrail #goldenhour taken in Culpeper, Virginia by @figgyolive

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Somewhere over the rainbow 🌈
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#doggosofinstagram #blackmouthcur #adoptdontshop #rhodesianridgeback #dogsofinstagram #rhodesianridgebacksofinstagram #rhoesianridgebackmix #figgy #dog #dogs #doggo #blackmouthcurmix #nyc #ny #newyorkcity #newyork #astoria #longisland #longislandcity #lic #manhattan #tripawd #vegan #petsofinstagram #greatpyrenees #greatpyreneesmix #germanshepherd #virginia #va #blueridgemountains taken in Culpeper, Virginia by @figgyolive

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Two years ago today, I made one of two of the best decisions I’ve made in my life: The decision to adopt Machka 💜🐾

I welcomed Machka home during a very low point in my life; it was 8 months to the day after Figgy’s passing, and honestly, I was scared. I was scared because I wasn’t sure if I was making the right or fair choice because I did not believe I could ever love another being as much as I loved Figgy. How could that ever be fair to Machka? I could not be happier knowing that I was wrong. Love really does not have limits. It’s infinite. There will always be room in your heart to welcome love. Machka, my sweet girl, I could not be more grateful to be your mom, and I am honored to share that title with your mom, Funda. Happy Gotcha Day to you, my lovely girl 💜 I love you infinitely 💜🐾 by @figgyolive

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Happy 9th Gotcha Day and Honorary Birthday my Sweet Girl. I love and miss you more than words can describe 💜 by @figgyolive

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2 years 💔

You will always be my sunshine, Sweet Girl. Loving you has and will always be the best part of my life. 🩷 by @figgyolive

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9 months ago

❤️ by @figgyolive

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10 months ago

Happy 8th Gotcha Day and Honorary Birthday to my Sweet Girl Figgy. I still can’t believe you aren’t here and it’s been 596 days since you’ve been gone. I can’t believe I am celebrating your birthday a second time without you, but you best believe I am still celebrating you today and always. You are and always will be the love of my life, and I hope wherever you are you know that I love and miss you so much. Happy Birthday my sweet girl. Mom loves you 🩷 by @figgyolive

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I’ve been trying to write this for the last couple of hours. I keep taking breaks because every time I try to put these words together, I begin sobbing. 1 year. It’s been 1 year. 1 year of living without you. Grief is weird. I don’t know if there are words to describe what profound grief is like, but it’s like none of this gets any easier, but as time goes on you find yourself able to go more than one day without crying and smiling more. Time is weird. I feel like I’ve been living in two realities: 1) One where I am still present with you the day that you passed. I still haven’t washed the clothes I wore the day I held you while you ended your time in this life. Your fur still covers those clothes. A reality where we still sleep together every night because I keep your urn resting on the pillows in bed because that was your favorite place to sleep, so I figured it’s the place you’d like to rest too. 2) But I also find myself living in this other reality where you aren’t here, but I’m enjoying time with our loved ones, cooking, decorating my new apartment, and loving my job. Time just isn’t linear and multiple realities can be true at once.

One really cool thing, a gift really, that I’ve learned over this last year is how many people love you, Figgy. You would not believe how many people have reached out, sent flowers, sent cards, grieved your loss, and shared stories about you. People you never even met. I always knew how special you were, but of course I did, I am your mom. I had no idea how many other people knew how special you were and I had not the slightest clue how many lives you impacted while you were here. How special for anyone to be loved and grieved by so many people, but how even more special for a dog.

I will never stop missing or loving you, Sweet Girl. You will always be the love of my life and I am so grateful to have had that, even for a short time. 🩷

I love hearing the memories and stories you all have of Figgy. If there are any you’d like to share, please text, message, comment, or call me 🫶🏼 by @figgyolive

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2 years ago

Going into a whole new year without you feels like a gut punch. Like a chapter closing against my will. We only had 8 days of memories this year, sweet girl. Mostly tough ones. I wish you could be ringing in the new year with me and your sister. I love you forever, Figgy 🩷 by @figgyolive

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One year ago today my sweet girl MADE IT through a very risky 7 hour surgery we hoped would rid her of cancer. I still remember the outpour of messages we received from friends, family, and acquaintances who said they were anxiously waiting all day to hear how her surgery went 💔😭I am forever grateful for her surgeons at @cuvspracticewithpassion and I am forever proud of Figgy’s strength. I love and miss you so much, Sweet Girl 🩷 taken in Cornell University Veterinary Specialists by @figgyolive

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One year ago today was the second worst day of my life. It was the day we found out Figgy had cancer. We spent the following Saturday at Astoria Park. Figgy loved Astoria Park and I wanted to make sure we did all of her favorite things because we didn’t know what the future held. I didn’t know this would be her last time at Astoria Park. We found a grassy spot and maybe 20 seconds after we sat down, two teenage girls come up us and handed me this note (last slide). I immediately broke down and sobbed. A year later, I am still waiting for the storm to pass. I’m not sure if it ever will, but I am so glad to be weathering through it for Figgy 🩷 I miss you and love you forever, Sweet Girl 🫶🏼 taken in Astoria Park by @figgyolive

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