LEARNING LIFE THROUGH DEATH

It's like 6:55am. 6 days after the death of our beloved KETCHUP. see below for the story, it may be really loopy cause we were totally emo writing it. amazing what can happen just days after a death of a loved one. it's the hardest thing i think for us to go through, and i don't desire it for anyone. but the reality is that death happens. i was recently talking to one of my best friends about the whole scenario we just had gone through. he actually went through the same thing with his dog so he actually could relate to our situation which was really nice and a blessing. one of the things that was brought up was how death wasn't suppose to be. meaning, not suppose to happen. before the 'fall of man', death wasn't in the scene. well we all know what happened, eve and adam ate from the tree that God said don't. there were consequences. death. so since then we all have to deal with it. seems to me that there is a difference between some deaths then others. obviously depends if you were close the person, animal, etc or was just an aquantence. but it still is hard for someone to deal with. real hard! hardest ever!

after all that said: i wanted to shared something that i've learned through this whole experience. i know that some of you may be thinking, 'dude, kyle is whacked, it's just a dog!'. well, you have the right to say that eh. but for our little family, ketchup was like our first kid since kristy and i got married. you're not married to either one of us so you don't know. hehe.
anyway, through the death of ketchup i've been learning about LIFE. yeah, sorry, it's not sounding really deep. but what i've learned about this life on earth is that i can get really ungrateful or just let beautiful things slip by and so on. God has been really showing me a lot about that sort of things and i'm really grateful to relearn it again because LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. go watch the movie!

yes, there is more from the whole experience. but i'll share more later.

tons of love to you all!
kyle

Our beloved Ketchup....REST IN PEACE

Pictured here is our beloved dog Ketchup with Tagen. Today was one of the sadest days of The Maligro's ever!
We decided after a few days of Ketchup being sick, throwing up a ton, taking him to the vet and not getting better, taking him to the ER vet for 2 nights in a row spending atleast $1200. We don't know exactly how it all started, he could have chewed or eaten something bad or could have got a rat that may have been poisened. We just don't know. Ketchup ended up with pneumonia which is really serious and takes a bunch of time 24 hour medical assistance to get him better, could even take weeks for full health. we just don't know. so anyway, we had to make a choice whether to persist on him being in the hospital for who knows how long and how huge the bill or put him to sleep. soo sad!!!! sucked! kristy and I came to decide it was time to put him to sleep. we both were crying and even now are teary eyed or crying while writing this. it was one of the hardest things i've ever done, hold my dog who is like our first kid, who was really ill in my arms and talk to the vet, sign some papers and say we've decided to put him to sleep. worst ever!!!!!!! so we did. i placed him in someone elses arms and left the vet as fast as i could, losing it on the walk to the car. RIP Ketchup!!!!!!!!

Ketchup to us was a family member from the beginning. He has such a rare personality, we at times thought he was sorta human, obviusly he thought he was. He had at times a smirk on his face that looked like he was smiling a lot. He had his own personal dance move that we called "the shuffle", he would groan in bed if you moved him, and also snored loud. yes, he slept with us almost every night of his life, he loved a ball or anything like it, he was such a loving dog that always needed attention or give attention, he never understood if we left the house how come he couldn't go with us, he had to always check on us if we were in another room by touching his cold wet nose on our legs, he greeted tagen and aveda when they arrived home as his best friends, he loved people/strangers and would always jump on their laps even if they didn't want him too, he was a lover, he was also a barker which would drive us nuts a lot, and now our house is different place, we expect to hear him barking all the time and its not happening anymore/its like we live somewhere else now. one of the really sad things is that Ketchup was our other dog Mustard's husband and playmate and friend. Mustard is soo sad now, she doesn't know whats going on. tear tear. so now Mustard is our only dog going to hawaii. so sad, so strange.

So if you pray, please pray for us Maligro's cause its been one of the hardest days of our lives. Also, the hardest couple of months for us with figuring out moving and dealing with our Ketchup and scared out of our brains about Mustard getting sick and needing money for moving and all the stuff. It's really crazy and we're praying a ton to God for faith, hope, comfort, trusting and strength. We're trusting God knows whats up and He's never left us. Its just hard at times. Looking to grow through this all in Him.

That's it for now.
The Maligro's