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# Goodbye Rosie
- URL: https://www.michaelverdi.com/goodbye-rosie/
- Published: 2025-08-09T19:55:25.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-09T19:56:22.000Z
- Description: Today we said goodbye to Rosie.
- Author: Michael Verdi
- Tags: Life Updates

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a1/71/a1713dff-1c20-4537-94e7-fbc621840054/content/images/2025/08/rosie.jpeg)

We adopted Rosie almost exactly 8 years ago when she was already 12\. It took her quite a while to warm up to, well, mainly just me (and even then she often gave me a hard time). 

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Who's desk is this?

We were buddies through the pandemic. I spent so many hours with Rosie on my lap, playing Animal Crossing and watching Star Trek. And like me, she loved ice cream.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a1/71/a1713dff-1c20-4537-94e7-fbc621840054/content/images/2025/08/icecream.jpg)

I loved the freckle in her right eye.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a1/71/a1713dff-1c20-4537-94e7-fbc621840054/content/images/2025/08/rosie-bed.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a1/71/a1713dff-1c20-4537-94e7-fbc621840054/content/images/2025/08/rosie-tub.jpg)

I miss her already.

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