07/29/2015 to 06/09/2025
~ Beloved companion, loyal co-pilot, sunshine-seeker ~
Estimated age: 10–17 years
Adopted: July 29, 2015 • Passed: June 9, 2025
Waverly and I found each other in the summer of 2015. She was quiet but curious, with a gaze that seemed to hold a lifetime of stories I’d never know—but would get to honor. The truth is, I didn’t rescue her. She rescued me, again and again, in all the quiet, daily ways love works its magic.
We spent ten beautiful years together, though I believe she may have been much older—an old soul with a gentle spirit and a big, bossy heart. She loved belly rubs, sun patches on the floor, claiming her rightful “cheese tax,” and using her Wild West tongue to give kisses to everyone within reach. Her tail wag was subtle, but steady. Her presence filled the room before her paws ever entered it.
Waverly taught me what it meant to be still. To soften. To show up every day even when life feels heavy. She saw me through trauma, growth, grief, and joy—never asking for anything more than a safe place to rest and someone to love her back.
She passed peacefully in my arms after a brief but painful battle with stomach cancer and mast cell disease. Even in the end, she carried herself with grace and stubborn dignity.
To the world, she may have been just a dog.
But to me, she was home.
And I will carry her with me for the rest of my days.
If you’d like to honor her memory, take a walk somewhere new, sit in the grass, share your snack, or curl up with your favorite blanket. That’s what she would’ve wanted.
Thank you, Waverly, for everything.
Forever my best girl.