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Hello Jean.

I lost my sweet Timmy to Cushings over a year ago. Our stories sound similar: I adopted Timmy from Westie Rescue 7 years ago. He was found as a stray, he was placed in multiple...

Thank you so much Cindy. I found it very important this last year to try and find literature about heaven--a heaven that included all of our loved ones. I found one book, Heaven is for Real by Todd...

Thank you Addy. Thanks to you Leslie and Marianne I was able to get through some of the toughest months of my life last year. I am forever grateful. Timmy was such a mama's boy and I really miss...

Wow. You all know exactly what to say at just the right time. What a wonderful gift.

Thanks so much Leslie.

Love to you and your family,

Timmy's mom, Kathleen

For My Sweet Timmy

Lessons

If I greeted everyone happily
and never eyed with distrust
If I didn’t pass judgment
But accepted all
If I listened intently
With understanding in my eyes

Thank you for checking in with me Marianne. That means a lot to me. I have had a great fall semester. This week though has been tough for me. Timmy's "gotcha day," the day I adopted him from...

SEPARATE LIFETIMES

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,...

It's been almost 9 months my sweet Timmy. I can't believe it. I still struggle my sweet boy. I wonder why our most beloved companions, who love us unconditionally, must be stricken with such a...

Thank you so much Marianne. And thank you everyone who helped me the last few months. I am doing so much better now because of you.

Timmy has sent me an angel. I posted Oliver's picture on...

"Copy and paste" all that Leslie said. You're the best Marianne. You helped me get through the darkest of hours (Dang! I can hardly type through the tears--I am so grateful). Thanks for helping me...

Something that I did was create a photo album. I cried, smiled, laughed and sobbed looking through all of Timmy's pictures. The project of printing the pictures, putting them in an album, along...

Hi,

I am so sorry for your loss of sweet Sunny.

Your story sounds so similar to mine. I lost my sweet Timmy 5 months ago and I know what those first couple days feel like. Below is an email...

Thank you so much Addy and John. This forum is the only place where I felt safe enough to share my letter to Timmy and know that people would understand. I just need to stop crying every time I...

Thanks so much Terry. I will definitely be posting puppy pics!

Hugs to you too.

Kathleen

My sweet Timmy:

Tears are streaming down my face as I write.

Back in May when I was having a particularly bad time, I asked you to help me. Remember?

I then went to my computer and waiting...

You're welcome Rene. What a wonderful thread you have created for us. Reading the poems you've posted inspired me to search for more. It's been good therapy for me as I continue to work through my...

Here are two more poems:

The Gift
I’ll lend you for a little while my grandest dog, he said. For you to love while he’s alive

 And mourn for when he’s dead. 

It may be one or many years, 

Or...

Oh Marianne, I didn't see your response. Thanks so much for the private message. I actually took myself off of facebook because I didn't know how to respond to the friend requests of all of my...

Love and hugs back Addy.

"It came to me that every time I lose a dog they take a piece of my heart with them. And every new dog who comes into my life, gifts me with a piece of their heart. If...

Thank you Lori. I know you understand and that is very comforting to me. I was trying to explain to my husband how I was feeling and he really couldn't help me. He said that I invest a lot of time...

Thank you Marianne. The following poem is the one I am really struggling with. At night sometimes when I close my eyes, I am there with him at the hospital reliving our final moment together and I...

An Inseparable Pair
Anonymous
I miss you so much, my four-legged friend
I ask myself each day, if the pain will ever end
Your loss is so hard, for one person to bear
Because we were a team, an...

I miss you every day sweet Timmy. Evenings are the worst. I found this poem today and it reminded me of you:

I Only Wanted You
Author unknown

They say memories are golden
well maybe that is...

Hi Addy,

Thank you so much for your note. I have experienced a few firsts recently: I stopped by the small animal hospital on Monday (my first time back since losing Timmy in Feb) to pick up...

Thanks so much Addy. He was so sweet. The tree picture was easy--I just put him on the stool and asked him to sit! He loved pleasing his mom. He looks like one of my Christmas decorations--I used...