To all..
I have only been here a few weeks, and not quite sure what happened. The posts i read the nite of my baby's passing were compassionate and sweet and nuturing from all. I can only say that in life we come up against many who are hurtful and cruel. If we give up and allow them to hurt us, we give them the power to continue to do so to other people. People who hurt others for their own reasons do not deserve one ounce of our energy, and i would not have even taken the time of day to reply to any of the bad things. If we give in to that, THEY WIN !!!! Our grieving processes are all different yet similar, and how we choose to do things is none of anyones business to criticize. Some people think i'm crazy to have spent alot of money on an urn for my sheeba, and have made comments like, "It was just a dog", but i dont take that to heart, because it is not their life and I have hurt no one by the choices i have made. None of us our perfect and there is no handbook on how to tell us how to handle this, so no one is wrong in however they handle the loss of a pet. It angers me that people feel the need to "judge". No one has the right to do that, because we are all different and have the right to do what we feel is best for our own lives. I am saddened by all of this, but will not leave the forum because of a few, when there are so many that are wonderful. I"m here to stay and i hope the rest of you will stay here to help the good people who really need us.
Dawn

Well said, Dawn!

Hi Dawn, Just wanted to say thank you for your concern and we all do need to support each other so much. I am sorry there has been such problems on the board but hopefully things will calm down. It was not good for any new people to see and I hope it did not turn any away.
Ann