My childhood dog, Thorin Oakenshield, passed away today. Ive been browsing scratch a lot again recently on and off for the past month. I was really active back in middle school, especially in 2014/2015 when I was in the 6th grade. This is also around when my family adopted our dog, Thorin. Now at age 10, Thorin had gotten really sick during the past month due to liver disease and since I now live in a different state from my mom, I wasnt able to see him before he died. As a coping method I weirdly turned to scratch as a way to dig up some old memories my strange middle school self. But in doing so I also found this tribute I made to Thorin just a few weeks before we took him home. The person we were adopting him from would send us occasional photos and I guess when I was 11 I was so eager to share him with the world. And I guess what I want to do right now too is do what I did over 10 years ago now and share him with the world again. Why I'm sharing this to scratch, I don't really know. The brain does funny things when its processing grief. I decided to add a few more photos of Thorin from our 10+ years with him (press space) The original photos I shared here when I was 11 were some of the first photos I ever saw of Thorin, and of the new set of photos I've added, the bottom middle is his very last. I'm 22 now and I've known this dog for just about half of my life. I wish I could have been there with him in his final moments but it makes me happy knowing that he was loved his entire life and Im sure he knew it the whole way through. I'll always love you Thorin.
Originally shared December 1st 2014 God Speed Thorin Oakenshield, long live the king under the mountain. 10.28.2014 - 3.3.2025
