Hello dear LS friends. I am not sure if there is anybody here that still remembers us. I am Zachary's mom. He died 4 long yrs. ago on June 18th 2001. I can not believe 4 yrs. have passed w.o. him. He was w. me for 9.5 yrs. so it is still unsettling to me that he is gone like this.

I still miss him dearly, and all his funny ways. June is always a hard month for me and I expect that it will always be the case. I had a long slow journey through my grief and life only became truly *normal* again (for me) on the 3rd anniversary of his death.


Time, is indeed the main thing that will finally ease your pain. It is slow...but eventually it happens and you make the transition to life without your special boy or girl. Grief therapy helped me and also this book: The Loss of a Pet : New Revised and Expanded Edition by Wallace Sife (Ph.D.) (on Amazon for about $4) help even more.


I wish all of you a *swift* recovery from your unimaginable loss. I know how crippling your despair can be. Our dogs and cats are in fact like our 'little children' and we mourn every bit as hard for them when they have to leave.

Peace and love,
Kathleen



Rest in peace my little man.
Mommy loves you through eternity. kiss kiss. xoxoxoxoxox

My beloved *Zachary*
November 8th, 1991 - June 18th, 2001
embedded in my heart forever.

also...how could I ever forget???

Thank you LS for still being here!! The people in this forum helped me tremendously during my loss. Posting on LS was also a very important part of my recovery process and I will always be grateful for this website.

Kathleen

here's my little Zachary...god this makes me sad to look at this picture, he was so full of life! I called him my little fire-cracker.

here's another shot....

Dear Kathleen,

Zachary was such a cutie. Even though it's been 4 years ago, I'm still very sorry for your loss.

Thank you for the reassuring words that things get better with time. I, too, have found that to be true. I'm coming up on Shiloh's one year anniversary and felt like I was progessing on this grief journey pretty well, but I suffered a set back in my healing when my kittie, Hobbie, died unexpectedly in May.

Thank you for sharing your adorable pictures of Zachary...such a handsome fellow!

Hugs,
Kathleen

Thanks Kathleen. I am so sorry about the loss of Hobbie when you were just freshly recovering
from Shiloh's death. How difficult and painful to have those deaths occur so close together.

I still can't believe that I lived through that kind of pain myself. I had never NEVER in my life felt so beaten and injured. Death is a double-edge sword. It relieves the suffering for one and creates a new kind of suffering for another...

Zachary was the most darling dog I have ever had. I love my animals now and will always have a special love for all of them, but Zachary was my first pet. I got him when I was on my own at 21. He died when I was 30 shortly before the birth of my first human baby. He was and always will be my first *baby* and that was what made it so hard. I thought of that dog as my kid....and his death just tore me up so bad.

I am out of that tortured time now...and I have learned how to love new creatures and of course...my son Liam.

I wish you recovery & peace. Thanks for the kind words.

Kathleen