Goodbye Diz

Ariel comes and tells me yesterday afternoon that she hasnt seen Dizzy (the next door neighbors little dog that she claimed as her dog that lived next door.. lol) all day. Hmmm. I look outside and nope he's not there running along the fence playing with the girls. Come to find out Dizzy died yesterday. At least I think that's what happened. Ariel saw our neighbors daughter and asked her where Diz was & she told Ariel that he got sick and went somewhere else. So I'm assuming this was her way of telling Ariel that he passed away. I'm sad. I miss the little guy! The girls do too. Ariel of course cried. Clarity has no understanding that dying means forever. She just walks around saying she "miss diz". I havent even seen the old man that lives next door in a while. His wife has been in the hospital and their daughter has been coming over taking care of things. I hope everything is okay. It's amazing how that little dog not being in the next yard makes such a difference. Things just seem empty. He's been there since we moved in so it's just too quiet. Not that he was yappy or annoying.. far from it. But he always came running to the fence to greet the kids & play or wait for them to give him his doggy treats. I guess this is a sucky part of life. Things dont always stay the same or how we want them to be. Goodbye litte Diz. We had no idea how much we thought of you until you weren't here anymore.