Wednesday, May 31 was Spot's last day with us. She had gone blind and deaf over the past year and in the past few months had become increasingly frail and disoriented. We made the decision on Tuesday and on Wednesday afternoon the vet and his assistant came over to our place for the final administration of care.

She had been in my life for just shy of 23 years. She was a stray originally so …

Here are some pictures of my mom and her North Island teammates at the 2016 BC 55+ games in Coquitlam back in September.

There are also some videos of my mom swimming:

• 100 backstroke on Friday
• 100 freestyle relay on Friday
• 50 backstroke on Saturday