I miss my German Shepherd, Madison. She passed away suddenly almost a year ago. I still expect her to jump on me when I come home and to hear her excitedly shuffling her paws on the floor as I walk in through the door. The pain comes and goes. I know I will see her someday but, damn, it is a roller coaster of emotions beginning with the joy of her memories, followed by the grief of knowing she is no longer with me, and finally ending in the assurance that we will meet again someday.