The month after my H moved out, my (our) beloved dog closed his eyes for the last time. He was our first 'baby'. Reading your story brought me to tears. Like your Tiggy, our Butler was part of the family. He was the one who comforted me those long sleepless, emotional, lonely nights after H left. I only hope that I was able reciprocate this in his final moments. I still miss him terribly.
Tiggy will be missed too.
Me & H: 33 yrs S: 4 & 6 D: 2 M: 9 yrs ILYBNILWY: 8/09 SEPARATED: 9/09 The Beginning
I'm so sorry for the loss of Tiggy. Pets are blessing in our lives, and she was obviously a big part of your family. She was lucky to be surrounded by so much love.
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says, "There, she is gone!"
"Gone where?"
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her dimished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, "There, she is gone!", there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." - William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830's.
"We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan."
I am sorry to hear of Tiggy's passing. Looking at her picture, she seemed to be a happy and loved dog. It is a shame that dogs have such a short life. It was wonderful that your daughter and you could comfort Tiggy in her final moments.
