A week ago today, my husband and I said good-bye to our Black Lab, Morrigaine. My husband brought her home on Christmas Eve. We had only been married for 7 months and she became our baby. She was five weeks old, a big ball of fluff, and a holy terror.

For the first couple of years, we waffled back and forth if we were going to have to find her another home. She ate part of the carpet in our