There’s nothing I can put my finger on, other than the loss of McKenna and Lady, but I haven’t felt inspired to sew or craft, clean or do chores. I am resting, but I don’t feel rested. I got around to clearing just a couple of items from the kennel building, or at least that … Continue reading
I would say that I’m starting to let go of the grief a bit. I was going to call it, “debilitating grief”, but really, I’m able to function. I just feel very unmotivated and I am content to stay that way for another day. I traveled to Dunster this morning to pick up Lady’s cremains … Continue reading
This morning, I did not wake up crying. Felt like a small miracle. I had not felt so grief stricken that I hurt physically, not over any “loss”. Only one time previously, when Myrtle told me for hours how little she thought of me, had I thought I’d have to be hospitalized for “heartbreak” pain. … Continue reading
Okay, so I wasn’t going to belabour the point (of our loss and grief), but: this is my blog “and I’ll cry if I want to. You’d cry too if it happened to you…”. Those are words borrowed from an old pop song, if you don’t realize. It will get better, I know it will. … Continue reading
Gary and I are saying to each other, as we sit here finishing our toast to Lady, “She was a once-in-a-lifetime dog.” As we mark the sudden passing of our “younger” dog who was also a senior but not as old as McKenna, we feel numbness and disbelief. We had hoped that Lady’s symptoms might … Continue reading
I was going to mention the awful absence in our house now that little McKenna is gone. It matters that she lived a happy life with a family who loved everything about her, and experienced a relatively peaceful passing. So I’ve said my peace about Shelly’s dog who retired in our care. We were sure … Continue reading
This morning, Shelly and I took McKenna to be “put to sleep” by Dr. Vogel. It was time; we could see that the little dog was not enjoying life one bit and in fact was suffering some. Still, we feel heartbroken. This dog was a friend and confidante to Shelly for many years, through some … Continue reading
