The photo is of our newest angel Tigger.
I'm getting quite weary from losing people and pets. Last weekend we lost one of our cats to renal failure. This just a little over 3 weeks after losing our shih tzu Molly, which was weeks after losing my brother, which was less than 3 months ago. The total number of pets we have lost in under 3 years is 3 dogs, 2 cats. Let's hope that's all for a while!
Yesterday someone said to me "I don't know if I want to get really old ~ it just seems to involve loss and/or disability. That was a shocking statement to me. I just think of it all as life transitions. I've seen babies being born, I've been with many, many patients when they have died. I've had many new babies born into the family, and have had many family members move on to their "afterlife" or whatever one chooses to call it. A friend calls it "changing addresses". I like that description. When I change addresses I look forward to finding all my people and pets!
Here are some of the other pets who have changed addresses....
Molly (5/09)
Socks (2008)
Annie (2007)
Boomer (2006)
3 comments:
I am sorry on the loss of all of your beautiful fur babies. I hate that we have to lose them. I hope that everyone else is doing good. I know that there have been some close calls with Georgie but I am sure that Finnegan and Winston keep her young! We will be thinking of you.
Thank you Alisha! We're all hanging in there including Georgie.
Like you I believe that death is the doorway to a "new address" and I thought about why I got so upset when I lost a loved one. I realized it isn't "death" per se, but the sense of separation we feel.
Now if we can just learn to see through the separation...!
Hang in there. It does get better.
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