Dear Gabe,
I miss you everyday. I guess I never realized how much you meant to me. You were my buddy.. my pal.. my little shoulder to cry on when no one else was there. How ya doin?? Are you happy? Are you skinny now? You were with us for more than ten years and in five different houses. I miss literally everything about you. I miss your sad eyes and that little grin you had. I miss your "dogurisms".. you were like a human I sware. I miss your tale and how it was like a whip. I miss your super loud bark that would randomly be heard even if no one was outside. I miss your howling at the sirens once a month when they would test them.. The first saturday of every month was it? I wish I still had the videos of that on my phone.. damn. I miss going on runs with you. I miss chasing you down the street for what seemed like took forever to catch you or wait for you to come back home. I miss me and Caleb trying to give you a bath after returning home smelling like something dead.. you were probably rolling in something dead. I miss you being so afraid of Dad when we'd come home and find that you got into the trash. I miss you running and hiding under the desk in the kitchen because you knew that was your punishment haha. I miss you always obeying when Dad was around but maybe going on the carpet when he wasn't if we tempted you. I miss all your hair that seemed to just multiply even after we'd brush you.. you had gobs and gobs of it too. I miss you eating all the bread.. boy did you love it. I miss your whining to go out and then when we'd put you outside, you'd stare at us through the window and whine some more just to come back inside. I miss how much you loved people and loved everyone. I miss you cuddling in my twin sized bed with me every other night because you'd sleep with Caleb the other nights. I miss how you took turns sleeping with each of us. I miss how adorable you were even when I was so angry at you for farting.. boy did they stink. Above all.. I miss how you were the best dog in the whole world. You were my childhood and the best memory I have of it. You're legendary and I will forever love you and miss you Gabriel Nathaniel Quinn Olson.
Love,
Tatum
Tonight I watched "Marley and Me." Probably not a good idea considering I cried a rediculous amount and I still can't seem to hold back the tears as I write. That movie is so so much like my relationship with my dog Gabe growing up. He was a yellow lab just like in the movie and he ALWAYS ran away and caused trouble. Seriously, like the neighbors and my friends and all our family knew Gabe and that he was just known for running away. He never went super far and he always came home even if it was a day or so later but when the neighbors would find him in their yard, they wouldn't even have to look at the tag for his name and the number of his owner because they just knew who he was and where he lived. He was just a very friendly visitor that visited quite often:) But he truly was the most loving dog in the world. I know everyone says that but just like in the movie, he was ALWAYS there. Through sickness and health until death do us part. I sware the relationship dogs have with their owners more than often than others are more genuine then the relationships people have with eachother whether it's a friendship or a marriage. No matter WHAT, Gabe loved us and never stopped. He didn't even have to think about making a choice to love us.. to him, there was no one or the other, it was love and that is all. I envy that. I wish I were more like Gabe. I'm overwhelmed just reminising on the past and I'm in awe of how wonderful and the impact that this dog has had on me. I don't know if he's still out there or not but I hope he still knows how much I love him. I may not have shown it to him as much as he showed me but I really do. I won't ever forget you Gabey babey. I love you..
Happened to find this old photo of him. Warms my heart.. :')
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