Just wanted to show everyone my Zip! I finally figured out how to do pictures in here! So I had to show everyone!! He was in his "teens" in this picture! Thanks for all the support!----Zippers Momma

oh, what a beautiful little dog he was!
Thank you for letting us see what he looked like, he's gorgeous!

lori

Thank you for putting in that beautiful photo of your Zipper!!!

He's absolutely gorgeous!!!!

I FEEL SO, SO GUILTY BECAUSE I don't have many photos of my best girl, Ernestine.....
Lots of Memories (Thank you God)...but not many photos....

I have about 5 (4" X 6") pictures...., but, no way to get them on the computer. They were taken with your basic 35mm camera.

Your little Zipper was so beautiful, and I thank you very, very much for sharing your beloved picture with us....He looks to me like he was saying, "Hi! I'm Zippee & I'm a wonderful & devoted fir-dog!!!"

God Bless,
Love, Denise

Hello Zipper's Momma,

I just had to write and tell you how absolutely handsome your sweet Zipper looks in that picture!!! I know it hasn't been long since he left your side and your heart is still aching for him. It's been 2 weeks since my Dusty left and I still cry everyday. The pain is not as strong as it was the first week but I still miss him terribly.

I know he was your best friend in the whole wide world and no one can ever replace that, so keep his memories strong and let them comfort you along the way. I know you had planned on building him a memorial and I know how excited he must be hearing all the plans.... his tail must be wagging fiercely with joy!!!

Our babies know how very much we loved them and they loved us just as much. You will see Zips precious face once again when the time is right and he will make your heart whole again. Thank you for sharing his beautiful picture with us!

Take Care,
DustyLove

Hi Zipper's Momma,

What a cute little guy . Thanks for sharing his picture! I really like it when pictures are posted (Megan's picture is posted in the tributes). I hope your days are getting better. I know how hard this time is...it will get better (with time and tears) and soon you will smile when you think about Zipper.

Tracey

What a sweet little face Zipper had!!!! He looks so cuddly!

Oh, and Denise - you said you have some pictures of Ernie but can't put them on the computer ... but you can! :-) Do you know of anyone with a scanner? If not, do you have a Kinko's nearby? If you get them scanned, you can just save them as a jpg file and post for all of us to see. I for one (as you know) would LOVE to see Ernie, especially since she reminds me so much of my Vernie girl.

Thanks guys for all your posts on my Zipper!! I do still miss him horribly, but my new question is......is it ok for me to be done crying? I haven't cried since the night I brought home Zippers ashes! I just felt after that night that he was home now, and somehow I feel like less is missing in my heart. But yet, I feel guilty because I am no longer crying. When I read the posts here I feel guilty like I should still be crying. But yet, I feel a peace here in the house, now that Zip is home. Of course I still wish he was under my feet, and laying next to the tub when I take my bath, but, I don't feel nearly as lost as I did before I brought home his cremains. Is there something wrong with me????? I now have a picture of him posted on my fridge, and I look at it evertime I'm in the kitchen, and then a memory of him comes back to me, and I smile. It's never the same memory, but it is still a good one. Am I denying my grief? Is there something yet to come that I cant see? I feel so guilty, but yet I know I love him still with all my heart. Thanks for such a great place to come, if you can help me, please do. Zippers momma

Hi Zipper's Mom:

We all grieve differently; and however, we do it, it is okay!!!

My Ernestine was put to sleep on 2/7/2004, and Dear God, I miss her very, very much -- but, I know that, deep within my heart..... She was sooo sick. It got to
the point that she was starting to starve herself (probably because of all the
violent retching, of stomach acids), and the vet (and myself) we sure she was had ulcers in her esophagus.
Her antacids just weren't helping...
In 3 months her weight went from: 8.2 to 6.85 to 5.9... steadily going to nothing.

She had given me the BEST 19 years/10months of her life.... She had had a few episodes in her last 3 years, that we like "strokes", and I would think she was dying in my arms. I'd say (with tears in my eyes)....it's okay to go my girl....Go to Heaven....You can go and I'll be okay.... But, she'd turn around & be okay...
(the doctor said it was due to her circulation)..

But, I don't cry anymore....I think of Ernie with love & happiness... All the beautiful years that God let us be together.
As you said, I, too, feel at peace.....

She was tired, and her lil' body couldn't hold out anymore.

Grief...we all do it differently.

Doesn't mean that I won't cry again -- b/c, I'm sure that I will..... For right now, I feel okay...she is with St. Francis, and all the other furbabies that have gone on before her.


I just believe that she is with EVERYONE'S FURBABY WHO HAS GONE OVER, AND THERE, SHE WILL BE WAITING FOR ME. She knows that she was loved, so very much by myself, and her dad of 3 years, Ben.

We adopted two furbabies who needed a home on 3/6/2004; imagine, four weeks later.....
Lucy even looks like Ernie, so, sometimes we call her "Ernie"... (and other names )
Yo-Yo is a beauty; smaller than Lucy... But, they both make us smile!!

The silence in this house was deafening....

I know that Ernie is happy that we adopted these two beautiful souls... They needed a home & people to love them!!
They're great.. We've never had more than one at a time; so having two, and the "spats" they get into. It's all new
to us.

Ernie doesn't want us to be sad...She was the first one to come up to me if my voice "cracked" at all, or, if 1/2 tear fell from my eye. She had that ability to "just know", as all of our babies do.

Yes, it is okay that you are not crying....... just know that our feelings go up & down, so don't be surprised if you find a tear in your eye.

There's nothing wrong with the way you are feeling....

You have a photo on your fridge, I have one on the wall next to me at the computer. I too, look and smile...

And, I remember all of the wonderful years that we had together. I just laugh now more than I cry... And, I know that's how Ernestine would want it to be...

Love,
Denise


p.s. I just looked back and saw the date when you're beloved Zipper passed: I just wanted to say, at just about the same amount of time that Ernie was gone, I STARTED TO FEEL BETTER; I thought I was "all done", but I really wasn't.... I just wanted to mention that.. I had forgotten all about it....
BUT, THE TEARS DEFINITELY DID SLOW DOWN, AND I SUDDENLY FOUND MYSELF LAUGHING. The latter felt (and still) feels good!!!

I thought I was doing great dealing with my grief and then all of a sudden when I was out walking Molly, I could not stop crying. It was our first walk without Megan and it was so weird and sad. I never thought that something as simple as a walk would get my tears flowing again. Even now sometimes I catch myself off guard. I have pictures of Megan EVERYWHERE, I needed them for me and for my two girls (3 & 5). They miss Megan so much that I needed to find a way to comfort them. I bought them big stuffed dogs and then they stole Megan's collars, leash and bowl, made their own "rememory" (to quote my 5 year old) drawer where they put everything and then take it out to play with their stuffed dogs

I think we all handle it differently and in our own time. My only advice is to watch for set-backs...I never really expected them and they really shook me.

I hope happy days are in your near future,
Tracey

Thanks for letting me know that I am not strange! I know I will have some set backs, but for now I am happy with the memories that come to mind. And I will still sing "our" goofy little songs. I still want to come in the house and holler "Zipper dipper dipper". And maybe someday I will. For now I cannot as it will upset my Westie "Toto". No matter where he is, if I jingle Zips tags, he will come running looking for his buddy. So calling him outloud is wrong for now. I just feel a little guilty for not grieving more, but like I said I feel better now that I have Zips cremains here at home. I do still sleep with the last blanket that Zip ever touched, and I might well do it for months!! I don't care how silly I look!! Any other stories of people going thru the same emotion as I am, the calm grief, please give me feedback to let me know what is yet to come..............Zippers Momma

Dear Zipper's Mom,

Ohh..your baby is sooo cute...I just would love to go up to him and hug him like crazy and pet him.

Thanks for sharing him with all of us..

I still haven't figured out how to get a picture of my beautiful girl to use as an avatar and maybe post it as a tribute or put it as an attachment...Boy, do I feel like a dummy.

Janice

What a CUTE dog Zipper was!