So it has been 10 months to the day that we lost our sweet Buffy (pictured on the left) from this horrible disease. She was only 13.5 years old perfectly perfectly healthy until she wasnt (as you all can attest to) and 2 weeks later she was gone. There has not been 1 day that has gone by my heart doesnt ache for her , her little smile, her rolling over to get her belly rubbed, her unconditional love and companionship. I realized about 4 weeks ago that I thought it was time that I welcome another dog into our home ..I knew there is no way I could get another bichon as it would just be too hard so I found the perfect compromise, a Shichon. Anyway we put our deposit down and as the delivery day tomorrow is coming. I asked my husband to get the little dog stuff out from the basement. He carries it up and immediately I start bawling. I had not seen those things since we put them there the day after we lost Buffy. I immediately started thinking this was a mistake, and that I just wasnt ready and that I couldnt love this new dog..etc. But then I glanced at the picture of my beloved Buffy on the mantle and its like she told me... You have so much love to give. I know that she would want us to give another dog as good a home and life as we did her. But why after 10 months is this just so incredibly hard? These little 4 legged angels leave such a void in our life and we know when we bring them home they dont live forever ... but somehow no matter how long we have them with us, its never long enough, and never easy. The lesson I think I learned today.. life will go on and the memories I have for Buffy and the love I had for her will never go away.. But that my blessing is that I can start a new chapter and have new memories and new love. (on left is Buffy) on the right is my new Shichon (yet to be named) Thank you to this group for sharing your stories and your dogs stories, this really is a community and I have learned to take one day at a time and NEVER to take a day for granted that we have with our dogs. xoxo
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:16:30 +0000
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