Benpaws

Dear Friend,
Thank you for your visit and no need to thank us. We have taken the same journey as you have and when you find yourself on the "other side of the path without your precious best friend beside you" it is very difficult to put one foot in front of the other and get on with your day. You need to take time out to grieve, to cry, to remember and one day you will get up and feel a little less sad and the tears will lessen and you will remember the happier days when Bruiser was well and filled with energy and your heart will find peace.

I returned to this site immediately after losing Benny because this is where I had found "safety" and people who listened and did not judge me. I found friends who truly understood all that was transpiring in my life and I got sage advice and felt comforted. My joys were shared and my sorrow was shared. I told Benny as he drifted off into a peaceful and eternal sleep that I would share what I had learned from him and what I had learned about cancer. This helps me keep Benny's memory alive and if I can help but one person I will have done what I promised to my precious boy.He taught me so much about enjoying each day to the fullest even when he was ill. He smiled until the end and that smile is in my heart.

Take care of yourself during these difficult days and know that we are all here for you when you want to come back and share.

God Bless You,
Joanne & Shadow

MomPatty

So very sorry for the loss of your precious baby. I was praying so hard for you. Try to take care of yourself in the coming days. It will be hard but you will get through it. I haven't been on this site long, but I've been on it long enough to know that there are some truly caring and compassionate people here. They will be here for you and will understand when maybe others will not. I will be thinking of you and praying for you in the coming days. Take care.

Patty

P.S. He really was a beautiful boy!

Loki

I miss my boy so much today. I went out this morning to water the plants and realized that the path, his path, was starting to grow over with grass. It made me sad. I looked around and noticed that the hole in the flowers was still there, he would get in and all you could see was tail and butt, he was hunting mice. It made me sad. The last bone he stole from Loki, the night before he passed, is still sitting exactly where he left it, next to his, Loki hasn't touched it. It made me sad. He was such a good dog and I miss him today.

Benpaws

My Dear Friend,

How normal your feelings are since your loss of Bruiser is still very fresh in your mind. It is perfectly understandable to feel sadness looking at the grass starting to cover Bruiser's pathway, his last bone, right where he left it, the hole in the garden where he hunted mice.

All of us who have loved and lost a puppy to this dreadful disease have days just like you, remembering our dogs and the places they lay, the paths they took , the toys they loved, the squirrels they chased, the car rides, the walks, the parks and your heart breaks a little bit more upon remembering.

These days will come and go and in time the pain will lessen and memories of happy times will replace the sadness of loss.

Bruiser, like Benny was young, only 6 when he died. It really doesn't matter how young or old your dog is, there is an emptiness when he is no longer there.

I find comfort in lighting my candle each night and looking at Benny's beautiful little furry face and white beard and I say a prayer and thank God for allowing me those amazing 6 years with this unique puppy who taught me so much about life and love.

Take moments like you did today, walking the path Bruiser walked and looking at the bone he had enjoyed. Benny loved his bones too and would hide them and retrieve them and continue the exercise over and over until his white beard was muddy and he lay exhausted on his trophy bone.

Thanks for sharing how you are feeling. I hope as the day goes along your sadness will abate. Bruiser knew how much you loved him and he loved you back the same, if not more.

Prayers go out to you today my friend. Go easy on your heart and hug Loki. He is missing Bruiser also.

Blessings,
Joanne & Shadow

I ONLY WANTED YOU



They say memories are golden
well maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.

A million times I needed you,
a million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you
you never would have died.

In life I loved you dearly,
In death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place
no one could ever fill.

If tears could build a stairway
and heartache make a lane,
I'd walk the path to heaven
and bring you back again.

Our family chain is broken,
and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.

~Author unknown

Loki

Have not and will not EVER forget you My sweet, sweet boy.