I am broken

[Denise, Winnie, and AngelAbby]

I am broken. My heart literally aches. Four months ago our Abby, who was only 8, was diagnosed with mast cell and lymphoma cancers. Last monday we said goodbye to her for the last time. I am so lost! I hurt. Did I say I am broken? She was so very loved and she is missed even more. I  hear her sigh, I feel her watching me and turn and she's not there. I miss my sweet baby girl.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

My heart breaks for you.

[BG and Gavin]

Sorry for your loss. Best thoughts Denise.

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

I'm so sorry to hear that your sweet Abby has passed over the rainbow bridge.   I wish you peace and healing.

[Karen & Maple]

How heartbreaking for you this is! Cherish those precious gifts she left you. Pay forward the love she showed you. You don't just get over this, but it will be a part of who you are. A better person because of sweet Abby in those wonderful years.

[Sherry]

I'm so sorry for your pain and loss. I lost my Daisy to cancer 5 years ago. She was my best friend. I've always said that no one has ever loved me as much as she did. I suggest not waiting 5 years like I did to get you a new little love. Time does help lesson the pain. I don't know you, but I wish I could give you a hug. I wish you all the best.

[Deanna & Desi & Cori]

When we take a fur baby into our life, we know at some point we will lose him/her. We not so happily accept that. But when that baby leaves us suddenly and way too young it's "unacceptable". It was exactly a year ago that our Sedona died suddenly at age six. Like you, we were broken. The night she died, I started my search for our next doodle, not because we saw her as easily replaceable but because the hole she left in our hearts and home just HAD to be filled.

Within a couple of days, Desi entered our lives. He was only two weeks old so it would be awhile before he'd actually be with us, but just knowing he was on the way helped with our grieving for Sedona. When the void left by Sedona's death hit especially hard, we could go to the breeder's webcam and smile at the pile of puppies, knowing that one would soon be ours. That anticipation got us through Christmas.

Desi is now a year old and his little sister, Cori, is 5 months old. We feel that Sedona's "up there" smiling down on the antics of these two goofballs.

Anyway, so sorry for your loss. You have the entire pack of DoodleKisses behind you.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

“We who choose to surround ourselves
with lives even more temporary than our
own, live within a fragile circle;
easily and often breached.
Unable to accept its awful gaps,
we would still live no other way.
We cherish memory as the only
certain immortality, never fully
understanding the necessary plan.”

― Irving Townsend

[Deanna & Desi & Cori]

Karen - I love this!!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Me too. :)

[Linda, Charlie Brown and Beau]

Love this Karen.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

:)

[Denise, Winnie, and AngelAbby]

Thanks Karen, this is beautiful.