A year of highs and lows..

[Mericet]

And today is a double whammy.

We said goodbye to Vavushka earlier this morning:

Warm light coming from far below,
Twinkling, sparkling is the candle's glow.
All is well up on the ridge,
The place we know as Rainbow Bridge.

Furbabies sleeping in heaven's light,
Tended by candles in the night.
Peaceful dreams be theirs to keep,
As they slumber in this night so deep.

Hearts on earth that miss them so,
Take comfort in the candle's glow.
Watching for them in skies above,
Bound eternally by a cord of love.



Just as sad is the fact that my wife and I are separating. This weekend I am moving my big furniture. It is as good a separation as can be hoped for.

As difficult as both these decisions were, they are for the best. Vavushka is in a better place and I am restarting on a new page in my life.

But as sad as these events are, I have a lot of highs as well. Doing exceptionally well in school, elected president of the SGA, meeting wonderful people and enjoying what I am doing tremendously.

[RTFM]

I feel your pain to the bottom of my soul.
Oct 01 - I had to put down my best friend in the world - she was diagnosed with a rapidly spreading bone cancer -
I was able to keep her pain free for 3 extra weeks but ultimately also had to do what was right for her - and release my selfishness.

“We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion.

We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate for having taken form so far below ourselves.
And therein do we err.
For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with the extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear.

They are not brethren, they are not underlings: they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth.”

― Henry Beston, The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod

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Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author unknown...

R.I.P.
Abagail Louise.

[kmitch200]

Sorry to hear about the troubles Mericet.
Been there, Done that...multiple times on both counts.

It just plain sucks, no other way to put it.
Tomorrow brings another sunrise to move forward with. Grieve for as long as it takes then kick those troubles to the curb and move your head forward.

Good luck pard.

[ellis4538]

I believe we all have been thru tough times!  Sometimes piled on top of one another!!!  Never fun but let it be known family and friends are as near as the phone/internet, e-mail or whatever.  Highs help a lot to balance the lows.

God Bless,

Richard

[Pathfinder]

My Torry died at my feet a year and 3 days ago. I was divorced a long time ago, messy, not recommended.

Hang in there, Mericet, you're among friends here, most of whom have gone through the same things.

[Sponsor]

[fightingquaker13]

Sad to hear it brother. I hate losing a dog. It sucks for months. As to the marriage, even worse. But at least you say it was civil. Just keep moving on. And if you need to vent, we'll listen.
FQ

[Mericet]

Thank you everyone.

[crusader rabbit]

This hits the old Rabbit especially hard today.  

I came home yesterday afternoon and reached down to give my boy, Chuey an affectionate pat.  He yelped when I touched him.  

He managed to get up for his evening walk, but since returning home, he has remained essentially motionless and is now lying quietly on the bathroom floor.

He doesn't seem to be in any pain, but trying to move him causes him great discomfort.  I'm not sure I can even get him to the vet for a check-up.

He's been my pal for 10 years.  I can't stand to see my boy hurting.

Crusader Rabbit

[alfsauve]

Hang in there. Concentrate on the good things. The bad ones will fad with time.

[fightingquaker13]

This hits the old Rabbit especially hard today.  

I came home yesterday afternoon and reached down to give my boy, Chuey an affectionate pat.  He yelped when I touched him.  

He managed to get up for his evening walk, but since returning home, he has remained essentially motionless and is now lying quietly on the bathroom floor.

He doesn't seem to be in any pain, but trying to move him causes him great discomfort.  I'm not sure I can even get him to the vet for a check-up.

He's been my pal for 10 years.  I can't stand to see my boy hurting.

Crusader Rabbit

Have the vet come to you. I use a "consierge vet". The guy was my vet for years at VCA, but he had a falling out with management. Now, he's decided to go out on his own and make house calls. With the money he saves from the overhead, its about the same price as seeing him at the office, and you don't traumatize the dog by dragging them there. The only downside is you pay ala carte for lab work, but he doesn't make money on that. Its a nice service, and I doubt I'm paying more that ten or twenty bucks having him visit me than I was by going to the office, tests included. I'm sure in St Pete if you look in your yellow pages there will be guys like that there.
Just a thought, and best wishes
FQ