Me an my love

My dog is 14 years old now she was like 4 in the picture with me but 13 in the other picture she was my first rescue animal I got an kept her she was kept in a closet an she just looked defeated my mom had got her an I came to visit my mom an she ask me did I want her her hair was matted nails was long just looked terrible my mom was on her way to the vet but I took her she was only a year old I never thought I would be traveling with a dog but when I left my mom she was in the front seat an we was off an she had been with me every since she is like a daughter I never had she is 14 now an I get scared about any an every time she coughs or just looks like something is wrong I don’t know what I will do when the day she crosses that rainbow 🌈 bridge I love ❤️ her so much #Lemon8Diary #lemon8challenge

2024/7/14 Edited to

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