18 Jan 1857

This week has been very different.

I took leave to stay at home – the first time in my six years of working life. My usual practice was to take leave only when I was going on holidays.

I spent the entire week at home and writing – thinking and writing about my life with Domin. I wrote whenever I can, from the time I woke up in the morning till the end of the day. I just wanted to put as much memories as I possibly can into writing.

I wrote about the day I met her, wrote about her days as a puppy and a young adult, wrote about her changes as she entered seniorhood, wrote about our times together, wrote about the day we bade farewell, wrote about my grief at losing her…

There are so much beautiful memories she has left for us all. We would sit around the table and look at all her pretty pictures and videos. We would think about her, talk about her and talk to her, as if things never changed. And we would alternate between laughing and crying.

Tomorrow I will be back to work. But the writing and the memories will continue. That’s my promise to you, Domin.

Domin’s jie-jie