Today is Día de los Muertos de Mascotas, a remembrance day to honor lost pets. Yesi and I picked today to share with you all that Cosmo is no longer with us.
After a short illness, he passed away suddenly but peacefully in his favorite place - in my wife’s arms at his usual spot on the couch.
I’ll never forget when he entered our lives: lunchtime on Friday, November 27th, 2009.
We were visiting family in LA for Thanksgiving weekend. I was sitting on the patio of a California Pizza Kitchen when a Mexican family came up to us and asked if we wanted one of their extra puppies.
He was so tiny! Just 1.6 lbs. He fit in the palm of my hand.
I never had a dog but the second I saw and held this pudgy ball of pure cuteness, it was game over. Love at first sight. I was instantly, completely smitten.
Getting him was the best impulsive decision I’ve ever made. I’m so grateful that it turned into a 16 year long run of couch cuddles, road trips, beach days and enough memories for a lifetime.
Cosmo was absolutely one of a kind. Feisty, funny, and most of all, smart as hell. Our beautiful baby boy touched so many hearts. We especially couldn’t have gotten through a decade and a half in SF without our extended dog family.
We made so many friends because of him. At the small dog walk in Ocean Beach on Saturdays, the Chihuahua Meetups in Stern Grove, and of course our beloved dog walker Michelle, who became part of the family and took Cosmo and Dudley on even more adventures.
You’re never ready for something like this and we’ve been wracked by grief since his passing. Me, Dudley and especially Yesi. Cosmo was obsessed with my wife and followed her everywhere like a shadow, and she returned the love in kind, doting on him like the prince he was.
We’ve shed many tears. I’m sure we’ll shed more to come because the world feels grayer and strange without him.
We also remember his many happy stories and funny moments too. I hope we can use them to celebrate his memory and try to live life as fully as he did.
Rest in peace to our little man, Cosmo. Also known as Boss Baby, Wookie, Pikachu, Chunks, Cosmiquai and Dr Herschenberger. Every name was a story, another shade of your countless colorful personalities.
Yesi and I loved you so much and you were so loving in return. You were unbelievably unique, beyond all belief. You made us laugh, you made us cry. You made our home into a family.
You were our everything. We miss you more than you can imagine.
There will never be anyone like you ever again. We will love and remember you forever.
