tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-560315115459677991.post1730891914234566399..comments2023-09-24T03:50:16.119-07:00Comments on Life's Simple Pleasures: On Saying Goodbye / A Sacred ResponsibilityAudreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901253574307836440noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-560315115459677991.post-41828858954170788192013-05-24T11:28:31.411-07:002013-05-24T11:28:31.411-07:00Hi Jeanette, your comment meant so much to me. I s...Hi Jeanette, your comment meant so much to me. I sent you a personal email.....I hope you received it! XOXOAudreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901253574307836440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-560315115459677991.post-74757590602623438152013-05-22T22:47:31.291-07:002013-05-22T22:47:31.291-07:00Oh Audrey. I'm so sorry that you and your fami...Oh Audrey. I'm so sorry that you and your family aRe having to go through this. I've thought about why dogs and cats only live such a short time compared to us but I do think it is healthy to learn how to let go of someone we love. It's such a hard process.. Letting go but there is also peace during these times. Peace that you will know the right time, have him at home where he is surrounded by love, and peace in knowing the wonderful life he has had with your family. My 12year old golden has some arthritis but started dropping weight drastically. One Friday she stopped standing up and we had to carry her out to do her business. Since it was a Friday we had to wait until Monday for an appointment. I thought they would give her some steroids and pain pills and send her home. Instead the vet said it was time to put her down. I was totally unprepared for this and sort of fell apart there in her office. After I calmed down I called my husband and we talked about the options over the speaker phone and I decided that I couldn't go through this trauma again and with the vets encouragement we went ahead with the euthanasia. I held my sweet baby as she fell asleep and it was so very peaceful. I got to cuddle her as long as I wanted. Golden retrievers really are such in readable loving dogs and they have hearts of gold! Enjoy what time you have with Hubble and give him lots of loves and cuddles. That's all they want from us...hugs and cuddles. Jeanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856510940377161084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-560315115459677991.post-72657899495132159492013-05-22T18:44:39.533-07:002013-05-22T18:44:39.533-07:00Kay, thank you for this sweet comment. It means so...Kay, thank you for this sweet comment. It means so very much to me. I can't tell you how often I've thought of you and Richard as you mourn the loss of your dear cat. It's such a heartbreaking loss. I try not to think about the emptiness that will be left once he's gone ~ it's going to be really hard. And I just have to muster up the strength & courage to somehow get through this to the other side. I often wonder what I did right in my life to deserve a soul as wonderful as Hubbell to love and care for me over the last 12 years. Hope you're well, Kay....XOXOAudreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901253574307836440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-560315115459677991.post-50897637751463842282013-05-22T17:07:20.620-07:002013-05-22T17:07:20.620-07:00Oh Audrey, I am crying for you as I am typing this...Oh Audrey, I am crying for you as I am typing this. Be strong and live in the present with your sweet dog and when it is time, you will know when to say good-bye. You will have someone at your home to put him to sleep, that is a blessing, much better than going to a vet's office. I can tell that Hubbell is a sweet soul, just by his photo.Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.com