Lena, Teacup Poodle w/ adrenal tumor - Lena is now an angel

[Joan2517]

Dear Joan,

I haven't talked with you but I have followed you and Lena daily. My heart is shattered to read this news and I know your Soul is in pieces today. You feel lost, consumed by guilt and questioning everything, the pain almost more than you can bear. But you are never alone; not only is your family here by your side, your sweet Lena is as well. Her body may be gone but her Spirit is strong and present. She will be with you all your days. And one day, when your job here is done, that precious little girl will be waiting to fly into your arms once again. I have no doubt that our babies wait for us and that we are reunited for all eternity. A love like the kind we share with them can never die.

My thoughts and prayers are with your and your family in this trying time.
Our deepest sympathies,
Leslie, Trinket, Brick, Sophie, Fox, and all our Angels

RAINBOW BRIDGE

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

When an animal dies who 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...

Thank you, Leslie...I do believe I will see her again, and all the others who have gone before her. I can see them all sitting together catching up, even with the ones she never knew. My dad is probably holding her, or my Aunt Maureen...they may be fighting over her. Our Monsignor Hartman died a few days before she did...he was from the God Squad, I don't know if you have heard of him, but we knew him personally. He used to come to our home and have religious discussions with my husband. I'm not sure if it was before we had Lena or not. But when I heard the sad news about his passing, the first thing I prayed was that he would be there to take care of her if she should die and this was even before the crisis of the last couple of days. It was strange because when I texted my brother that Lena had died, he wrote back that Father Tom had paved the way for her. Father Tom officiated at my brother's wedding and also baptized his triplets. I want to believe it.

[judymaggie]

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, two-legged and four-legged. You are a strong person, Joan, but know that you can lean on us as much as you need.

[Joan2517]

Marianne, I have uploaded a picture of Lena in her prime and the way she always looked at me, and to me. It's called Lena's new haircut #4. Please use that one on the Memorial page. I have been looking at pictures for hours and even though they make me cry, some of them have made me smile when I remember how much she was loved by all of us. It is still so quiet here...the others are sad as well, I think, or maybe just processing. I don't know, it could be my imagination.

[labblab]

Dear Joan, this photo of Lena is precious and beautiful. The link is now all completed, and thank you so much for sharing it with us.

Even though the other doggies are quiet, I am thinking it will have helped them that they had a chance to sniff Lena and to realize that her spirit had left her little body. Things are different for them, of course, but I am thinking that they will no longer be expecting her to return. It will take time for them to sort out things amongst themselves, though, too.

It is such a sad loss for all.

Marianne

[Joan2517]

Thank you, Marianne...

[Joan2517]

Hi Marianne, she died on the 19th, not the 17th.

[labblab]

Oh Joan, I'm sorry. I'll fix that right now.

[mcdavis]

Oh Joan, I'm so dreadfully sorry to read this. I haven't posted, but I have been reading this thread, and hoping / praying that little Lena would get better.
You really did everything you possibly could for her including making the hardest decision ever to say goodbye and free her from pain.
Thinking of you,

[Joan2517]

Oh Joan, I'm sorry. I'll follow fix that right now.

Thanks, Marianne...it is a really nice picture of her...it's hard to remember how healthy they looked sometimes.

[Joan2517]

Oh Joan, I'm so dreadfully sorry to read this. I haven't posted, but I have been reading this thread, and hoping / praying that little Lena would get better.
You really did everything you possibly could for her including making the hardest decision ever to say goodbye and free her from pain.
Thinking of you,

Thank you for your kind words....