[bookshare-discuss] Re: My little Popeye died
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 11:47:09 -0700 (PDT)
My heart goes out to you. Lissi--condolences and
sympahy.
Cindy
--- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Shelley and list,
>
> Little did I know when I added my sympathy to the
> thoughts of care for the
> two members who lost their pets from other
> booksharers last week, that I'd
> feel bound by love to let my little 14 year 8 month
> old Schnauzer, Popeye
> Von Brandenberg, be put to sleep on Labor Day. He'd
> been doing very well on
> heart medication for three years, when his heart
> suddenly failed so that he
> couldn't eat or hold up his little head. The vet at
> the emergency clinic
> cried with me, and another person their, a former
> nun who hopes to become a
> deacon in the Catholic church, saw the cross I was
> wearing and asked if I'd
> like her to pray with me. I cried silently in one of
> those little rooms for
> 3 hours until a cab finally came to take me home.
> The minute my mind isn't
> extremely occupied, the emptiness and despair hits
> me again. Writing this is
> like stabbing myself, but I had to tell Shelley that
> though those poems and
> stories at the pet site she so kindly posted make me
> cry some more, I feel
> the love of animals expressed in them will
> ultimately comfort me.
>
> I didn't know I would need them so soon, but thank
> you Cindy for finding the
> books on losing a pet on Bookshare. Thank you, too,
> to Jill, for scanning
> another book on the loss of a pet I mailed to her.
>
> If anyone is interested in scanning it, I have one
> more book on this sad
> topic which I'll send you. It talks about ways to
> honour the memory of your
> pet. Popeye was a loving, loyal little gentleman who
> carried toys about
> until his heart began to stop. He lived in my lap.
> He was always there when
> I validated. He would like for me to have validated
> 24 hours a day because
> he was always sorry to be put on the floor. My lap
> misses him, as does all
> of me, especially my heart.
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:21 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] O_T A site for Grieving
> Pet Owners
>
>
> > This site I came across last year when a friend
> had to put her guide dog
> > asleep after eleven years.
> >
> > It has some wonderful stuff and isn't a book. But
> is a good resource just
> > the same.
> >
> > I do hope it is useful.
> > http://www.petloss.com/poems/poems.htm
> >
> > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> > and Judson, guiding golden
> > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> > Graduate Alumni Association Board
> > www.guidedogs.com
> >
> > Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> > Puppies are the joy at one end.
> > Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> > Carolyn Alexander
> >
> >
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