After 13 years, her majesty Grace of McMurich, Queen of sass, Empress of my pack and one of the best things that ever happened to my life, has passed away after a silly and ridiculous battle with cancer.

She spent the last year of her life being too stubborn to die. Which is one of her greatest character attributes. When I got her I was a cat person and I made a couple of mistakes with her. She forgave me all of them but she also made sure that I understand that I made a mistake.

Honestly, the communication across species was amazing. She was able to communicate with me and she touched my heart in a way that I thought is impossible. She pulled me out of the darkest hole that I was ever in and was by my side day and night. She argued with me and gave me comfort, helping me free myself from the boundaries of employment and even restart my life. And she taught me how to love again and unfreeze my heart.

There’s a lot of of pictures and videos of her on this website. I will always remember her as the gentle queen of pancakes. And as the sassy bitch who talks back.

More videos here: Learning Husky (hear how Grace spoke)

her last year was difficult because she was slowly eaten away by cancer so eventually she stopped eating and I took her to the vet, where she was put to sleep for the last time.

it has been 2 weeks and I’m still griefing. Something I did not know I am capable of. I often walk around the house and look for her or call her name out of habit. She was with me all the time and it will be difficult, if not impossible to fill her foot(paw)steps.

the veterinarian allowed me to hold her in her final moments. The last thing she did when she realised something is happening was turn her head and look at me. Then she fell asleep. Many people have told me that this was a very interesting connection between us. How she always checked with me if it was okay before she interacted with other people.

Behind the clinic there was a big tree, they put her body there so my dogs could say goodbye, too. A really beautiful gesture.

I got a goodbye card with her nose print. Sweet gesture from the vet.

goodbye, Grace. Thanks for the years you spent with me.

I will never forget you. <3