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sprinkleeninow

(20,720 posts)
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 10:22 PM Mar 23

I haven't had the wherewithal to join in lately.

My sweet girl dogga passed early Wednesday morning between 4&7.
She slept with me every night.
She was still with me at 4, but upon arising at 7, took one look and I just knew she was gone.
Having her buried in a cemetary.
She passed the day before the 6 year anniversary of my husband's passing.
I'm a mess.
Have industrial strength grief AND guilt that I should have done more for her.
Will make an appointment tomorrow with behavioral medicine specialist.
I read much about why losing a pet/dog is so devastating. Perhaps even more than losing a human. So it gives me some consolation that I'm not experiencing something unheard of.
Please forgive me if I don't/can't respond. A heart emoji alone is all I need.

Love to all my brothers and sisters in humanity on DU....



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I haven't had the wherewithal to join in lately. (Original Post) sprinkleeninow Mar 23 OP
Sorry for your loss. ❤️ CentralMass Mar 23 #1
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Leghorn21 Mar 23 #2
I'm so sorry, sprinkleeninow Bayard Mar 23 #3
❤️ dweller Mar 23 #4
💗💗💗💗🙏🏼💐 Hope22 Mar 23 #5
❤️ I'm so sorry. badhair77 Mar 23 #6
❤️💔 virgdem Mar 23 #7
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Tumbulu Mar 23 #8
Deepest condolences, Sprink. SheltieLover Mar 23 #9
I am so sorry. LoisB Mar 23 #10
so very sorry Skittles Mar 23 #11
How do we stand it when part of our life is taken away? So sorry for your loss.... Karadeniz Mar 23 #12
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 TommyT139 Mar 23 #13
💙💙💙💙💙 Bluethroughu Monday #14
So, so sorry! Enter stage left Monday #15
💙💖🩷❤️💙 MLAA Monday #16
♥️ R. P. McMurphy Monday #17
So sorry, dear sweet sprink. I understand completely. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Monday #18
❤️ Solly Mack Monday #19
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ KattK Monday #20
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Monday #31
sprinkleeninow, I am so very sorry. Dem2theMax Monday #21
❤️❤️❤️❤️ camartinwv Monday #22
It's the worst! Lulu KC Monday #23
I'm sorry for your loss, sprink. yonder Monday #24
I am so sorry for your loss 💔 ❤️🤗 Meowmee Monday #25
:hug: elleng Monday #26
May the hole left in your heart... oldsoldierfadingfast Monday #27
Love and aloha to you Sprinks and to your sweetest dog. mahina Monday #28
I am so sorry JoseBalow Monday #29
This is the place for you, I'm glad you're here, even as I feel sad for the reason. There is a lot of healing ... marble falls Monday #30
Sweet Girl Dogga 💚 Clouds Passing Monday #32
So sorry about your sweet doggo! Ocelot II Monday #33

badhair77

(4,807 posts)
6. ❤️ I'm so sorry.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 10:42 PM
Mar 23

You’ve been through a lot these past few years. When my husband passed I still had our girl Molly, but then we had to say goodbye to her. I was lost and I’m still struggling. So no, what you’re feeling is very normal. Sharing your grief here or with a professional will be beneficial to you. I wish you comfort and peace.

SheltieLover

(65,616 posts)
9. Deepest condolences, Sprink.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 10:53 PM
Mar 23

Yes, it often does hurt more when our beloved fur kids depart the mortal coil for the Bridge.

Healing vibes going out to heal your heart.

Skittles

(162,944 posts)
11. so very sorry
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 11:12 PM
Mar 23
Grieve not
nor speak of me with tears
but laugh and talk of me
as if I were beside you
I loved you so
’twas Heaven here with you


- Isla Paschal Richardson

Dem2theMax

(10,626 posts)
21. sprinkleeninow, I am so very sorry.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 12:43 AM
Monday

And I absolutely understand what you are going through.
We are here for you, and hugging you.
I so hope you can feel it.


❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Meowmee

(8,152 posts)
25. I am so sorry for your loss 💔 ❤️🤗
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 01:11 AM
Monday

She knows how much you loved her... try not to blame yourself... I know easier said than done... as I understand very well this pain and I've been through it many times. I lost my big ginger kitty due largely to negligence almost one year ago and have not and never will get over that.

Run free sweet Dogga and watch over your mom... 🕯🐾 🐶🌈

When tomorrow starts without me,. Don't think we're far apart,. For every time you think of me,. I'm right here, in your heart.

https://www.rainbowsbridge.com/stories/Jacqueline-WhenTomorrowStartsWithout-633950488836050000.aspx

The Rainbow Bridge

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

When an animal dies that 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….

https://petmeadow.com/poems

The Rainbow Bridge- Inspired by a Norse Legend

By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill,
Is a lush, green meadow where time stands still.
Where the friends of man and woman do run,
When their time on earth is over and done.

For here, between this world and the next,
Is a place where each beloved creature finds rest.
On this golden land, they wait and they play,
Till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day.

No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness,
For here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness.
Their limbs are restored, their health renewed,
Their bodies have healed, with strength imbued.

They romp through the grass, without even a care,
Until one day they start, and sniff at the air.
All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back,
Then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack.

For just at that instant, their eyes have met;
Together again, both person and pet.
So they run to each other, these friends from long past,
The time of their parting is over at last.

The sadness they felt while they were apart,
Has turned into joy once more in each heart.
They embrace with a love that will last forever,
And then, side-by-side, they cross over… together.

© 1998 Steve and Diane Bodofsky. All Rights Reserved.

http://www.newrainbowbridge.com/poem.html

27. May the hole left in your heart...
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 01:36 AM
Monday

heal rapidly and the day come soon that your thoughts of her bring a smile to your face rather than tears to your eyes.
Sending you love, love, love

mahina

(19,616 posts)
28. Love and aloha to you Sprinks and to your sweetest dog.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 02:23 AM
Monday

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Breathe.
And breathe.

Hear the birds.

Try to drink water/

One moment at a time, we endure.

Aloha friend.

marble falls

(64,250 posts)
30. This is the place for you, I'm glad you're here, even as I feel sad for the reason. There is a lot of healing ...
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 09:29 AM
Monday

... that goes on here. I know from personal experience.

I am so sorry for your loss.

You were here for me. And I want to give back.

Ocelot II

(123,878 posts)
33. So sorry about your sweet doggo!
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 10:17 PM
Monday

It's so hard to lose our furry family members - they are the very best and most loving friends. And thanks for posting the Prayer of St. Gregory, a very comforting piece of music.

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