Just dropping in to see how you are all keeping. How are you all? I hope that 2012 will be a brighter time for all of us, especially those among us who are grieving over their beloved little heartbeats right now. If you are, and you are reading this, you have my deepest sympathies.
5 January 2012 was the first-year anniversary of losing my precious dog Bruno. I still can't quite believe it. Little tufts of his hair still pop up around the house and make me smile. As I was wrapping Christmas presents a tuft appeared on the wrapping paper. He was such a rascal, and a lovely friendly dog. I like to think that the little tufts of hair appearing are his way of still being a rascal and showing that he's not far away from me.
I'd read that a good way of overcoming grief is to focus your energies into a project of some kind in the knowledge that you are doing it for the memory of your beloved little friend. This appealed to me, so one day I recalled when I was a child I used to feel sorry for a Guide Dogs statue which stood in the entrance of our local supermarket. It seemed so static. My idea was to make a short video called "A Guide Dog's Life", showing the life of a Guide Dog from puppy to adult. I was delighted when Guide Dogs allowed me to proceed with the video, and it melted my heart to see all the beautiful loyal dogs in action.
Here is a link to the 2 minute video: http://youtu.be/84SdKrlCSt0
It was inspired by a tribute video I had made for Bruno: http://youtu.be/pd986yK8Kto?t=3m15s
Both the Guide Dogs video and Bruno Brown Eyes video end with the dog looking into the camera lens. I like to think that Bruno is always watching over me...as are all of our dearly beloved little heartbeats who have since moved on.
My dad isn't ready yet to get a new dog. He used to walk and go everywhere with Bruno, but since Bruno passed away he hardly walks anywhere now. It's still raw for us both, but particularly raw for him. He's 69 and Bruno was his companion.
Oh! This is incredible - just this second I heard a little bird singing (it's 2.52am here as I write this) in a tree nearby. This time last year, just after Bruno passed away, and when I began writing on the forum, I heard it singing for the first time. Always from about 3am! It continued to visit and sing for a few months then I didn't hear it again. Moonbeam on this forum mentioned it could be Bruno watching over me. How strange that as I re-visit this forum for the first time since last year I hear that little bird singing again! (I just ran downstairs and threw out some bread)
Peter
