The Agony of Early Morning

Caitlin McColl
The Shortform
Published in
Dec 21, 2021

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Photo by Jack B on Unsplash

I got up at 5:20 this morning.

On a Sunday.

Early morning is magical. The quiet stillness is so peaceful. Normally.

But now the silence is soul-crushing because my sweet furbaby isn’t here. My husband and I lost our dog four days ago to cancer. We only had her two years (she was a senior rescue), and got her just before the pandemic in November 2019, to fill the…

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Caitlin McColl
The Shortform

I write about mental health, the future, grief & loss, mindfulness, general life musings (+ fiction and poetry!). ❤️coffee & dogs. 🇨🇦