We truly are a family of “Whatters” around here, and that is why it with a VERY heavy heart that we report that one of our own has recently passed away. Last week, at almost 19 years of age, one of the most beloved members of the SW team–our darling Sweetie–crossed the rainbow bridge and joined her brother Romeo up in heaven, where she now has the best view of our workplace happenings than ever before.
On a daily basis, no one could instantly put such big smiles on our faces the way that Sweetie did every single time she came to work. And as we have written about before, no one worked as hard as she did to make sure things were “up to snuff” in the warehouse, the sales offices, the lunch room (especially the lunch room!), and everywhere else her colleagues were. There really was no one quite like Sweetie, and we know there never will be.
Her brother Crispin knows he has very big “paws” to fill, but we really believe that he’s going to do an amazing job doing whatever he can do live up to Sweetie’s legacy (especially in the lunch room). We will dearly miss Sweetie’s enormous grin, her adventurous spirit, her unwavering energy, and most of all, her love for everyone and everything here at Sew What? Rest in peace, dear sweet girl… you’ve genuinely earned it. To everyone who was lucky enough to know you, you will always be one in a million.
Her name matched her perfectly. In fact when I first met her I said, “What a Sweetie,” then asked someone what her name was. Her bouncing walk always put a smile on your face. Her sweet puppy smile. And to mention – SUPER NOSE – She could smell food a hundred miles away. She might not have been able to see it towards the end there, but she sure could sniff it out. She is missed.
There is a noticeable void in our daily lives without having Sweetie here bounding from person to person, looking for treats or a friendly scritch on the head. It’s not the same here without her, and even though we know she was starting to slow down a little there at the end, she never stopped wagging her tail, never stopped grinning from ear to ear, and never stopped spreading love to every person that got to be near her. I consider myself extremely blessed that I was one of the lucky ones who had Sweetie in my life….and for that I will be forever grateful. Beyond sad that she is not here anymore, but forever grateful to have been a small part of her life, and that she was a big part of mine….