It had been a hard few years and this was just too much to bear. My Mam had passed four years ago leaving my Dad living on his own, lonely and heartbroken. He refused to move in with us even thou we had the annex. He came over of course to dote on his granddaughter, our first born Ellie. One day he arrived with a dog in tow, a Lurcher no less, some lads in his area had been abusing her and he had stepped in. Oh he said he would look for the owner, we did try but Maggie became his new companion and it changed him for the better. There was a special bond that formed between Ellie, Maggie and Ga-Ga as Ellie called him. The three spent hours together in the garden, talking or just sitting. It started with a cough but of course he would not…
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