In the life of Muffinz Trapani

This dog Muffinz I had the love and privilege to know for sixteen years the amount of memories we have is infinite. She has been there when people just were not.she was my best friend, my therapist. Yes, you heard right I used to sit inside a laundry basket and hold her and just talk to her for hours. I would listen to her barks she had such a distinctive bark it was like woo woo woo woo. Her bark was very high pitched. She loved treatsie weatsies that's what we called treats and she would jump up and stand on her two legs and jump up and kiss my lip that was her trick that she used to do.

The memory the sticks out the most I actually have many of them One involved my step daughter Jade she was dressed up as Anna from frozen and we planned an easter egg hunt inside the house and we had no idea where one of the easter eggs were Jade looked everywhere i looked around I bent down and muffinz who was on her own pet bed i petted and her chin and sure enough there one egg she was playing along also it was so adorable we all laughed and muffinz got her treats our daughter was very small back than. Jade walked over to her and checked under Muffinz chin and long and behold there was her final easter egg!

Remember earlier when I mentioned how special this puppy is to me knowing this you know we had a unique bond so I knew for her 16th birthday I had to drive 3 hours away to my sisters best friend's house in Miami, Fl and throw muffinz a surprise 16th birthday. We made her a paper crown added jewels to it and I even bowed down to my puppy, had a beautiful pink pillow next to her and gave muffinz the crown and put it on her head it was like her own special puppy coronation. She was so special and I wanted everyone to know just how special she was . I put candles in chunks of watermelon as we sang her happy birthday, our little niece Gianna was holding her up and we all helped blow the candles out for muffinz and then she had chunks of watermelon that was her favorite fruit, her favorite treat she really loved watermelon chunks so that's what we fed her. The next day I gave her a kiss and off I went not realizing that was the last time I was ever going to hug and kiss and cuddle or sleep next to my dog or hear her beautiful little voice.

Muffinz was the first dog I ever loved she used to fit in my hand. I was 17 years old and she was a tiny pekingese I watched her grow up and she was there during my misunderstood teen years. She was there when I got ready for my high school prom, she was there taking pictures with me on the day of my high school graduation. I was there when she used to chase the ducks in the backyard. Every morning and every after noon she used to chase the ducks off her back patio that was part of her exercise for many years she tried and tried and only one time she caught a duck. She was happy she caught a duck and I was like no muffinz she was puzzled and confused because she finally caught one she didn't hurt it or anything she just caught one and was happy and playful.

To go through life without her is very hard. I used to picture her at my wedding or the birth of my first kid but I now understand the circle of life. We did our best to give her the best 16 years of her life and that's exactly what we did. She went to dog parks and on walks sometimes she would even run around and want to chase other dogs . She truly owned a piece of my heart. A piece I never thought would heal after she went over the rainbow bridge. A piece I never thought would be healed. She was also my first real heartbreak when she past away. The love and time she game me I could never repay her.

Another Memory that is very vivid in my mind was every morning of high school she had a daily routine which consisted of using her paws and pulling down my covers every morning at 6:30am like clockwork I was never later for school she was my animal alarm clock . she also pulled the blankets, sheets, and covers to make herself a bed next to me after she woke me up for school. She always barked as the postal truck and people either drove or walked by.

This little dog truly never knew how much love she brought to our lives. We have went through deaths, griefs, love, heartbreaks, she was there through it all. Our staple for our home as time went on she had another best friend our dog ginger bear and they took care of each other until the very end. Muffinz lived for a little over sixteen human years she later passed away from brain cancer but she had a full life. She loved to go for a walk and jump in a lizard patch she never hurt them she just wanted to play with them. She let me cry on her fur when I was sad and she was always there when I was eating even if she was at the end of the couch I turned around and there she was right by my food plate and every time we played Lady Gaga's poker face and the word muffin came on she always used to turn and look like someone was calling her name. I have so many memories of her that one just wouldn't suffice. She would lick my face, give me kisses and sneeze in my face it was cute.

She even helped me choose my boyfriend at the time which is now my fiancée. Some people have friends or parents that the man or woman has to get approval before they continue dating for me It was my puppy. I told my fiancé meeting my dog was very important she has to like you and to my surprise she really took to him. I later found out even though she loved him Matt is his name. He confessed to me that he had lined his pockets with ham the night he met Muffinz it was a beautiful memory. Muffinz was the dog who was in all my pictures. I was always with her she was my little puppy companion. I will miss her until the end of time. I know she is smiling down from puppy heaven and for that I will always be grateful. I never imagined I would be living in a world without her but here I am. She taught me how to love and the memories I have of her will always be in my heart. Her memory lives on through the stories, pictures, videos that we all share .

I remember when my grandma discovered her she was in my mom's room and we were hiding the puppy so we could keep her. My grandma heard this little bark and she walked in and said oh no what's this and she was ours from then on. This puppy was like my child and I still think about her I even have a stuffed animal that looks just like her her name is also Muffinz I brought it all over the united states when I joined my fiancee truck driving and took pictures with the stuffed animal everywhere I still hug it when I think about her. I wish she lived forever. Muffinz Trapani you are loved, you are missed and you will always be a name deeply etched in my heart we love you now and forever.