Cudedog wrote:snowball wrote:that is great news Annie now you can enjoy him without the worries
sheila
Thanks, Sheila. Much appreciated.
I often think of you and your Shadow. Your post of a few days back, where you said you thought that maybe you should have done something differently, and that you maybe should have/could have done more. . . really touched a nerve with me. It moved me, I should have responded then, but am doing so now. . .
Sheila, I think most all of us feel this way when our beloved companions inevitably part from us. I know I have felt this way every single time I have lost one of my long-time, beloved canine friends. And I have lost many over the years, blessedly never to accidents (Please, God, praying it may never be so), but to age and infirmity. It is the same great hurt, for me, every time. It doesn't change. . .
Long ago I was tearfully lamenting my regrets to a close acquaintance, after a special favorite had gone, who knew me - and my dogs - quite well.
She said to me this: "I know that you feel that you didn't do enough. But please be comforted in knowing that there are many - perhaps even the very vast great majority - who would never have done nearly so much."
I offer these words to you, Sheila, in the hope you might, in turn, also be comforted.
Anne
thanks Anne
sheila