Is anyone else an atheist with BC besides me?
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I'm so sorry for your loss. A pet's death is so difficult--true unconditional love. I hope you're comforted by happier memories of Gryffin.
Anne
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Gryffin -- sending you virtual hugs of comfort. It is SO tough saying goodbye.....
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Oh no Gryffin .. I am so sorry to hear this. You had written before about his cancer, and I know he was holding on. This breaks my heart. It takes so long to heal the sorrow. I hate cancer too. I took pictures of Bobo too before we took him in. I have his picture (a younger, healthier BoBo) on the counter next to his paw tin holding his ashes. I've never known such raw pain as when I had to let him go.
I wish I could help ease your pain. Sending you love and a big bear hug.
Bren
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Gryffin. It breaks my heart to hear you lost your dog. I'm sorry for the pain you are feeling and I know you will miss him terribly for a long time to come. Dogs add so much to our lives. There is such a hole when they are suddely gone. Try to be greatful for the time you got to spend together. Susie-Q
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Gryffin, just wanted to add my sympathy to you. It must be especially hard to lose a beloved pet at a time of year when nature is renewing itself . . . but I hope that, ultimately, there's comfort in that for you.
Linda
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Gryffin .. checking on you this a.m. I know your heart is broken, we feel your pain .. and send you love and bear hugs.
Bren
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Madalyn .. what you said is so true. It's ironic that the best way we can help them is to let them go, and that helping them in this way hurts us so much. I still have the pain and Bobo's been gone since late August.
Hugs Gryffin dogmother.
love,
Bren
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Some good news today. Scans are clean!!
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Yea! Susie Q .. fabulous news. Enjoy a wonderful weekend with a light heart!
love,
Bren
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Gryffin, I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your dear dog. I hope you will find comfort in so many special memories of him and knowing that you helped him to find comfort at the end of his life.
Susie-Q, I am relieved for you that your scans are clean! Let us know how your care/treatment will be proceeding, so we can support you as you continue to cope with this ca diagnosis.
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Susie-Q, I'm so happy for you!!!
Thanks to all for your comforting words. I was doing pretty well yesterday, spending lots of time with my other dogs. Then, just a few minutes ago I got a call from the vet that Gryffin's ashes are back. Already??? I'm not ready for that physical reminder yet!!! I'm going to wait to pick them up until monday. I just can't deal yet.
Thanks again!!!
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Gryffin dogmother .. I had to wait to pick up Bobo's ashes until someone could go with me. Of course, my sis went with me .. she was with me when we let him go. And by chance, my mom was in town, so the three of us went to get Bobo. They took pictures of me holding him in his little paw can. He was a very big dog, and I was so surprised by how heavy he was. Weird .. the strange little things you remember.
I'm sure when you get Gryffin home, you'll feel a little better.
Love to you ...
Bren
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Gryffin--hope you are feeling more peaceful. We have the ashes of one beloved dog on a closet shelf--soon to add another...the game plan is that DH wants to be cremated and have his ashes scattered along with the ashes of his beloved dogs....makes sense to me! It is sad to think about, but I can picture tossing them all into the wind and sending them forward on their next journey together--assuming he dies before I do!!! (Our will is a strange read to anyone who doesn't know our deep love of these animals!!!) gentle hugggsssss!!!
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My sis wants all of her dog's ashes, along with her cremains, taken back to DogTown in Utah. They have a beautiful, awesome pet cemetary there. There is a beautiful stone wall with places in it for all the urns.
We visited the Friends Sanctuary when we lived in Utah. I'll find my pics and post them for you.
love you all ... Gryffin .. thinking of you today and all who have lost their beloved pet children.
Bren
The road (on the right) to Friends Sanctuary and Dog Town.
The Pet Cemetary
Entrance to the Pet Cemetary
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Hi all.....I just saw this post from Matt (Analemma's son) on the stage IV forum and thought I would re-post here since she was on this thread quite a bit.
47 minutes ago MattF wrote:
Hi everyone. Thanks for the kind words. Analemma/Brenda is my mom. My wife lurks here once in a while, and she happened upon this thread yesterday. I sent it to my dad (Greg) who read it to Mama.
So, here's the news. Unfortunately, most of it is depressing.
In short, she's not doing well. Her health is progressively declining. That sharp mind (and tongue) that, so many times, has touched many of us, has betrayed her. This pains me more than anything, because I know that her mind was the one thing she always hoped would not fail her.The rest of her health is declining steadily as well. She's having trouble swallowing now, not eating much, and can't get around much at all. So, it won't be long now but at least she won't continue to suffer. Dad is home with here all the time now, and he's coping. The rest of the family is handling it pretty well, I guess.
Sorry the news is bad, and I'm sorry to be so frank about it, but hey, that's what she would have wanted, right?
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Hi folks, just returned home from a Mexican Jazz Cruise to the
Sea of Cortez...nothing like this sunset at sea for a little peace
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Lisa, Beautiful pic of the Sea of Cortez! Saw your other pics on FB .. gorgeous!
Chainsaw .. thanks for posting the note from Brenda's son. It brought me to tears. I've been so weepy yesterday and today. I was so worried about two very close friends who had PETs, I just started crying when they got the all clear last night. Ody is Stage III. I miss my dad too. Another dear friend's father is also dying right now of the same cancer that took my dad a year ago.
Geez .. I'm a real downer today.
love you all,
me
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{{{BinVA}}}
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Warm hugs, BInVA.
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Thanks Gals .. You're the best!
Doing better ... rain and storms are gone today, and I was able to mow a couple of acres. Yippee .. that is the best stress/sadness medicine I have!
love ya,
Bren
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http://www.blaghag.com/2010/04/atheist-barbie.html
one woman's take. From the recent postings, I think there should be several dogs included.
Enjoy,
Julie E
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That's the funniest thing I've ever seen! Barbie as Rev. I did think her outfits were quite stylish.
What's next ... Ken as priest?
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We'll never see Barbie as a Buddhist nun. She would have to lose the blond hair.
Ken as a priest? I don't think Barbie would approve.
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Thanks for the update on Analemma. I will hold her and her family in my thoughts and stay hopeful for her peace & comfort.
Bren, I'm glad you are feeling a little better. I have been more easily teary lately; at times I have attributed it to Tamoxifen, but I think the grief related to seeing so many people I love get ravaged by cancer is at times overwhelming. And, to be honest, the fear that one day it may be me is daunting and unnerving as well. After three breast ca adventures, I realize what my future may hold. Most of the time I am hopeful and focused on a here-and-now kind of approach, but to deny that fear plays a part in my emotional life would be a lie.
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Fear. It is better to face it, to recognize that it is not me but just another emotion. It comes. It goes. It comes again.
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Hmmm...what is the "I"? the "me"? the "self"? I surely wonder at times. I believe that avoiding or running from fear just gives it more power and intensity, so I choose to face it as honestly and directly as I can. Am I separate from my fear(s)? Am I separate from any emotion(s)? How to live one's life without being emotionally over-reactive and with awareness of the fullness of experience is a challenge to us all--well, at least those of us who choose to be mindful as we live.
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Facing fear headon is courage..
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When I was in treatment, I would almost be swallowed up by fear. It felt like I could just run around in circles and scream and no one would be able to hear me or help me. When I felt like that, I tried to visualize the fear as a thunderstorm, separate from me. And if I could calm myself, the storm would eventually wash over me and pass on by.
It's key to realize that the fear-storm is temporary. I told my mom once that you can't live in a state of perpetual panic because it's simply too tiring. You just wear out! (Thank goodness!)
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When that fear hits me .. it turns into extreme anxiety, almost paralyzing. I have to do some vigorous work outside to shake it. Otherwise, I smash it down deep and it comes out in bad ways (health-wise).
I think our emotions are a large part of who we are. It's just we don't need to let them control our lives. I need to feel the negative ones .. step back ... and then move forward before expressing them outwardly or to other people.
Hugs,
Bren
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