I think it was about 11 and a half years ago... she just climbed up on me and was licking me all over the place... the sweetest little thing possible... she was not a pure breed but so what, she was damn cute... and bitchy too, mind it... she had to fight her way into the family and she did... and then she was always there... through all the highs lows... and she braved it all... all the diwali crackers, all the departures, all the coming backs, all the moving around, sicknesses... 

but finally she could no more... 

sherry... R.I.P.

and she loved rasgulla... 

somehow thinking of her, always gets a smile back...