My mom and I were at the local pound. We were checking out the dogs. My mom found nothing that caught her eye.(But I did!I wanted every dog in sight!) Just as we were about to leave,my mom looked back, and she noticed a little grey ball in one of the back kennels. It was a little,old, scraggly dog.
My mom said “I better not”, so when we were half way in the car, my mom popped back out, and asked the man if she could see her. We walked around outside for a few minutes, while she relieved herself after being cooped up in the cold,hard,concrete kennel. It didn’t take long for us to decide! So when we got home, I gave her a bath,etc. The next day my mom went to the grocery store to get a few things, and while she was there she caught up with an old friend. She was talking to my mom about our pets(somehow that subject always comes up) and she says she lost an old Lhasa Apso, and she felt terrible because it belonged to the old lady she was caring for, and when the old lady died, she asked for her to take good care of her.
My mom in,a state of shock,said she had just adopted one that exactly matched her description! They were both in aw, and to make sure, my mom’s friend came back to our house to look. It was her!! So the lady gave us all of the dog’s information, when she was born, her diet, etc., and that her name was Mei Ling. And it turns out, the little old dog had a bad life as a puppy. Her original owners ex husband abused her, and broke all of her ribs, and therefore she was very timid, and guarded her “mom” every second. But luckily, the friend let us keep her because she had 3 children to take care of, and we had fallen in love with her.Meiling was 13 years old when she adopted us, and lived out her golden years happily, and peacefully. She would lay in her bed beside our kitchen door all day, unless to get up to eat, or go outside to use the bathroom.
But suddenly, one quick day over the summer, Mei Ling didn’t act right. She wouldn’t eat or go outside to use the bathroon. Her bowels weren’t working right and we were continuously cleaning up after her. Poor thing, I felt so sorry for her. She would just lie in the kitchen floor, sometimes trying o get up, but failing. She would cry, and moan. She was like that for a whole day. When she died, it was in the early morning hours. She had put up a long fight, but it was time for her to go home, for her original mommy was calling her, and soon they were in eachothers arms again. I was sad Mei Ling had died, but so happy she could be with her real Mommy. Mei Ling was a very sweet dog, and I wish to see her again, and get to meet her mommy.Mei Ling was such a loss. We always take wide turns out of habit still, because of where she use to lay.
We still throw the occasional scrap down on the floor, only to forget she’s not there. Mei Ling put up a hard fight, but it was time for her to go home, for her mommy was calling her.
I love you Mei Ling!!
With love your friend,
| Mei Ling |
| 2004 |
| Becka |