Sugar

Painting and Story by Lehan Winifred Ramsay

I gave away my beautiful dog, that I had loved for a year, cared for and struggled with for a year. I took phone calls and answered questions, I invited people here, I sat with them while they struggled with his size, I sighed after each phone call, I worried and looked at him and felt great sadness. Please let it be over soon, I thought.

A man came with his two sons, and he liked him. I don’t know what kind of a life he will have, I hope he can have fun with more people around him. I helped take him to the car, and when they drove off I watched his head bouncing around in the back seat. He looked so cute. I had never seen him look so cute.

I wish I didn’t have to let him go. He was the dog I wanted. He was even the dog I wanted to become like. Always straining to go faster, always interested in everything.

I am trying to pretend that he is like a child who has grown up. He has his own life now, he is going out in the world. But really, I will never see him again. So I say goodbye to Sugar.