My dog is dying today

The sweetest girl in the world

We got Nellie when I was 9 years old and she has been the glue that always pulls us back together

This reminds me of one of the first times we left her out of her crate when she was home alone and she found a glue bottle and tore it open on our brand new carpet

I feel so sad and stuck today.

I wish that it was easier to get home

Thankfully my brother is able to drive home from college and both of my parents will be there but I'm stuck in New York and have to be at work in 3 hours

I just hope Nellie knows how much I love her

She has been with me through all of the hardest seasons in my life

Middle school, high school (especially high school), all of college, my first move to NYC, and my first big girl contract

She's been everyone's favorite family member from the moment my Nana and Uncle Ike picked her up from the middle of nowhere Alabama

Some of her favorite things have been swimming in Perdido Bay, going on the boat with family (and then throwing up from all the salt water), playing fetch in the water with her tennis balls, hanging out with her late bestie Big Mac (an Old English Sheepdog that lived next door)

It brings we comfort knowing that her and Big Mac will be together again :')

She lovesss people food (eggs, peanut butter, and any type of meat to be specific), riding the golf-cart at Nana's house, being at Nana's house (her first ever home), meeting new people, and most of all she loves her people.

She always wanted to be hanging out with her people

Before her legs and hips starting giving up on her she loved to run in the pasture by Nana and Papa's house and swim behind our's

I know Papa will be excited to see her <3

She has the kindest soul and has taught me to look at life through a more delicate and loving lense

It feels like I'm officially an adult now. My childhood is gone.

As I enter this next chapter, I will make sure to carry a piece of Nellie with me wherever life takes me

I will see her in every sunset that I watch from the dock on the bay and in every jar of peanut butter I open

Nellie, thank you for being the best dog and friend a girl could ever hope for

You have changed my life

Thank you for giving us the best 14 years