6 months now.

[akflorjancic]

It has been 6 months since we let Star go.

6 months.

I can say that the pain has decreased, although certain things still get to me, espeically coming to this board! I still have her collar on my desk, her tags facing towards me as I type. She is everywhere in my life. Her face is on my Windows Desktop. Her portrait is on our wall at home. Her ashes are in a beautiful urn in our curio cabinet. Stella plays with one of her toys all the time, so much so that it has gotten really ragged. Can't quite bring myself to let it go, however. Funny, Star never really played with it much.

Much of the pain has been replaced by memories, good, good memories. Stella keeps us both pretty busy as well. She's in week 5 of her Basic Obedience course, doing very well, minus some brain farts here and there. She is so different than Star, which is a good thing. She's young, energetic, loves to play and chase. In her 3 months with us she's really starting to fill out and look like the Rott she is, not the thin Rott they found as a stray 3 months prior. She's gained weight, her coat looks very nice and shiny, and all the excercise she gets at Daycare twice a week has made her quite the muscular little girl.

She is not Star, and every morning when we share some time together I know that Star is happy because we are happy. It is weird, but I can sense that she visits from time to time. She'll enter my mind out of the blue, making me stop and think about her for a second.

This board has been great with all the support during the time we found out about her cancer and losing her to it. Thanks to you all for lending support to each and every person who has felt this loss in their lives.

[jas'smom]

Reading your post brought tears to my eyes. It is so hard to loose them. I am glad you are able to look back on your Star now with smiles and fond memories. And yes, I do believe they come back to check up on us. I lost my dog of 16 years last October and just the other day I could have sworn I heard the distintive jangle of his tags following me down our favoriate trail


Best of luck with Stella, I am sure she will make her own tracks in your heart>

[Rottlva]

Each day brings more and more happy memories, and a little less hurt. Your blessed girl is pain free. She runs with the others..... Keep her close, always. She is Still with you!!

[chivas]

I know for a fact that they can and do come back to see us from time to time. Twice now in 2 yrs, Chivas has come back to check on me and made her presence known.
I actually got in a heated discussion over this one time, a "religious" person told me that they CANT come back and IF by chance they do, how come people cant?? I said I had no answer to this, nor can anyone else answer until we make that journey ourselves, but if I were to even guess why pets come back to see their loved ones is that maybe its because their love is pure and God lets them come see us when we really need it.
Corny , maybe , but who is to know?
Kim

[Troy]

I too believe pets can come back to visit.

...I think people can too... we just aren't always aware.

If you believe in spirituality, then it isn't so impossible to imagine.