Best Friends - for Sammy

This is the most personal illustration I've ever done. My best friend, Sammy, died at only 5 years old from kidney disease in 2018. He started out as a foster but I fell in love immediately. When we found out he had kidney disease, about a month after taking him in, I told my wife, "I want to adopt him and be the one to take care of him and fill his short life with happiness". We were inseparable.

About 2 months before Sammy died, I was sitting on the back steps of our house, looking out at the yard. Sammy came up and sat beside me exactly like I depicted here. We just sat there, quietly, looking out at the yard, both of us happy to be together.

I knew he was going to die soon, but this was a nice peaceful moment that I will remember forever.