Hello to old and new friends,
I discovered this wonderful site last October 1st when we had to say farewell to our 21 year old purrpaw, Miss Mew. The support and empathy that I received was incredible.
Sadly on June 15th 2005, we had to have our 14 year old Shepherd put to sleep. Again the members of LS were there for me. Although I thought that I was coping with this second passing pretty well, the last few days have been particularly difficult. The rational side of me tells me to get over it, however the irrational side of me is not coping so well. I feel a mixture of great sadness, depression and numbness. I read many of your posts before writing this and chastised myself because we did not lose Miss Mew and Mik due to a cruel or senseless accident, nor to some insidious disease that took them to the Bridge in the prime of their life. My heart breaks for so many of you tonight because your losses occured in terribly tragic cir%%stances.
My sister breeds miniature horses and is arranging a consultation with an animal communicator, an empathic who can supposedly also communicate with the spirit of animals that have passed. Feeling the way that I do, part of me is sceptic but another part is curious to know if this could bring some kind of closure to our recent losses.
Thank you for being there and listening.
Nicole

Dear Nicole,
I was so sorry to read about your lovely Shephard, Milk...and of course, Miss Meow.

I hope that, as the weeks and months pass, that things get a little easier.
You must miss them both so terribly.
Take care,
Love,
Amanda ***

Dear Nicole,

I've thought of you and Mik on two different occasions recently...I was going through some of the posts in another forum (disease and sickness) and re-read your thread about Mik, and I also thought of you and Mik when I responded to a new member that just lost her Shepherd to the same disease Mik had.

Dealing with the passing of 2 furbabies in such a short period of time is tough. I know from my own experience of losing Shiloh, then losing Hobbie...the pain of losing Shiloh resurfaced after Hobbie died. Although the relationship I had with Shiloh was totally different than the relationship I had with Hobbie, I still miss them both very much...at times it's a collective sadness and other times I miss them individually. You've probably experienced something similar with Miss Mew and Mik.

As far as the animal communicator...My vet swears by the communicator she knows. If you do decide to do this, I'd be very curious to hear about the outcome. Keep me posted.

You and Mik are in my thoughts on his 1 month anniversary.
Hugs,
Kathleen

Dear Nicole,

I am so sorry for your loss ~ the experience of the death of a loved one in any life form changes us forever and we can only learn to go forward in the world with this new and forever altered perspective ~ this happens to me every time ~ and my world has continuously changed ~ I do not understand death and its many aspects ~ but I do know and feel so intensely the spiritual side of life ~ how we are all connected with God's cosmic thread that glimmers with the infinite and intertwines us all ~ somehow it is a big part of how the universe itself clicks along ~ this all seems so incredibly important yet as the earth turns each day ~ seems to be largely forgotten ~ sadly ~

I have found the members of this Community know and see this importance through the compassion and unconditional love for their pets and fellow humans. There is a joint recognition of the miracle and incredible briefness of our stay on earth together ~ and the importance of validating unconditionally this Love ~ what a gift! ~

There are among us, those individuals who can tune in to the level of energy that exists where I refer to as behind the veil ~ which is the spiritual curtain that seperates us from those who have passed behind it ~ I believe that we all can tune in to our dear departed loved ones if we could learn to quiet the physical and material world around us, and then ask God to send His love to surround us and provide peace and spiritual calm so the soul is free to spiritually connect to the light of the spiritual ~ and he will provide the answers ~ validation ~ peace ~

For some a Pet Psychic can help to do this by becoming a link for the grieving party ~ My one thing is that I myself want to make sure that God (and for me the angels) are in the equation when this type of thing is happening ~ because this is where I believe spiritual protection and safety lies when reaching between worlds of the physical and the spiritual ~

However this is only my view and the main thing is for you to follow your heart and find your way in love during this difficult journey called recovery from grief ~ and what I call not recovery but discovery ~ Meaning trying to find the way for me to live in the new world I now find myself in without my dear departed soul physically present in this world with me.

I hope this does not sound too wierd ~ however I feel very strange still after 3 1/2 months following the recent death of my Amber ~ still so odd to be here with out her ~ as it was for each loss I have experienced through out the years ~ I still wander around my house looking for a familiar feeling ~ there is still no map ~ yet life careens forward and I am racing to work ~ whirling around ~ going back ~ trying to stay afloat in this increasingly complex world ~ while at the same time my soul longs for relief and my spirit cries out for renewal ~ the point is we have too little time anymore for the things that matter ~

I hope you can find comfort this day and always knowing you are not alone in your sadness ~ and the peace of being held in the hollow of His hand as you go forward in the days ahead ~

God Speed ~ and May Peace be With You ~ Kathryn

Hi Nicole, I too lost my beautiful shep mix Duncan on June 16 and know what you are going through. I feel so out of touch with life right now. He was my companion for almost 17 years, so I do feel lucky to have had him by my side for so long. One thing that helps me is that I have another dog and a cat to think about, and that there are so many sweet animals out there who will need a home. But no one will replace Duncan. The pain of the loss is sometimes overwhelming. Good luck and I am sorry about your losses. Veronika