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roguevalley

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25. 'Go on' as long as you want and need. We are here for you. This story I tell you because it gave me
Fri Nov 28, 2014, 04:09 AM
Nov 2014

great comfort and I send that comfort to you.

My sister's dog Hootch was going to be let free on a Saturday and that Friday when I went home, I paused wondering if I could pet him and tell him how much he gave me too, the love and friendship, the joy and comedy. I did. I wnt to him and he was unnaturally peppy and happy. I hugged him, I thanked him profusely for his greatness in my life and then I went home.

The next day about 1:30 I was sort of drifting off on the couch. I was in that twilight space between truly awake and asleep. I felt a hard punch on my chest, then opened my eyes totally awake. I saw a huge black dog nose, sort of fish eye like and the happiest, merriest, twinklingest brown eyes ever. I felt that those eyes told me words ... hi. I love you. I wish you could know how happy and well and joy-filled I am. Then I blinked and the brown face, the happy eyes and the black nose was gone. The spot where he punched me with his nose, something he did when he was with us in the physical world was mildly sore for two days or so.

He came to me to tell me that he was free, completely happy, completely well and with us in just another form. He was there, he was with us. He didn't leave us just because he changed. I asked Chris when he was let go and it was 1:30.

Your baby will stay by your side and never leave you. Love never ends. Love is not deterred by distance and circumstances. Every time you think of him, he will be there. I was reading the books by a forensic pathologist named Janis Amatuzio. Over her decades of work she has seen strange things and some of them included animals. She saw one man nearing death who had his great dane come to him and sleep on his bed, a dog long gone from the world. She has two books that I will include that are fascinating and may comfort you. She and other pathologists discuss this stuff now at conferences because she isn't the only one who notices this stuff.
Your baby will be with you through this. I wish you so much love and peace.

Forever Ours and Beyond Knowing by Janis Amatuzio, MD Published by New World Library

Take care. Time will be your friend now. Listen hard. Your baby will let you know they are around. I hear the sound of my dog's nails on the hard wood floor now and again, usually when I have a lot of stress. None of the times I have heard it were my dogs and cats anywhere but sitting on the bed beside me.

Holding you and your Gracie in the Light. TygrBright Nov 2014 #1
Thank you, Bright. classof56 Nov 2014 #11
I am so so sorry. CurtEastPoint Nov 2014 #2
CurtEastPoint, I thank you. classof56 Nov 2014 #12
My vet sent that to me CurtEastPoint Nov 2014 #20
Tears are a gift of healing TorchTheWitch Nov 2014 #41
Such beautiful words. classof56 Nov 2014 #44
I am so very sorry. hamsterjill Nov 2014 #3
hamsterjill, your words mean more than I can say. classof56 Nov 2014 #13
I am so sorry irisblue Nov 2014 #4
irisblue, I'm grateful for your expression of comfort. classof56 Nov 2014 #14
So sorry Scarsdale Nov 2014 #5
I'm so sorry. You're doing the right thing not letting her suffer anymore. Triana Nov 2014 #6
Triana, you've said it so well--the ultimate act of love is to not allow her to suffer any longer. classof56 Nov 2014 #15
So sorry, classof56 mike dub Nov 2014 #7
mike dub, thank you so much. classof56 Nov 2014 #16
I'm sorry... onecaliberal Nov 2014 #8
onecaliberal, I do thank you. classof56 Nov 2014 #17
My thoughts will be with you. onecaliberal Nov 2014 #24
Having done this so 840high Nov 2014 #9
840high, shared pain is more of a blessing than many of us will ever understand. classof56 Nov 2014 #18
I am so sorry....... lucca18 Nov 2014 #10
lucca18, I am grateful for your words and your understanding. classof56 Nov 2014 #19
This song has comforted me. roody Nov 2014 #21
Roody, I can't thank you enough for introducing me to this song. classof56 Nov 2014 #39
May she cross gently and go easy. Peace for you Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #22
Safe passage, Gracie n/t eridani Nov 2014 #23
'Go on' as long as you want and need. We are here for you. This story I tell you because it gave me roguevalley Nov 2014 #25
Vibes to Gracie and her family applegrove Nov 2014 #26
To go surrounded by love is the best way. Behind the Aegis Nov 2014 #27
I'm sorry for your loss. NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #28
So very sorry Prophet 451 Nov 2014 #29
Prophet, yours is the perfect response. classof56 Nov 2014 #37
And peace with you as well n/t Prophet 451 Nov 2014 #42
I'm sure we're all crying right along with you TorchTheWitch Nov 2014 #30
I'm so very sorry to read about your dear Gracie. catbyte Nov 2014 #31
So sorry, Class. Granny M Nov 2014 #32
I'm sorry to hear that, Class. nt raccoon Nov 2014 #33
Holding you in the light in hopes for a peaceful passing for Gracie. QED Nov 2014 #34
may the Lady Bast take your Gracie into Her loving arms, and send you and yours niyad Nov 2014 #35
... Skittles Nov 2014 #36
Oh, how beautiful! classof56 Nov 2014 #38
that poem was on a card my vet sent me Skittles Nov 2014 #40
Go in peace Gracie. Your life was too short, thank you for your love. uppityperson Nov 2014 #43
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