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MilliesMom

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  1. Sincerest condolences.
  2. Aw...How sweet! Too bad many years from now, it'll probably turn into, "Are you crying, again? You're such a WOMAN." (spoken by my 18-year-old son recently when I got teary-eyed over Millie)
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    1 Year...

    I'm just crying. My Mil will be gone a year next month. Isn't it amazing that we can still feel such pain a year later? Better to have loved...
  4. MilliesMom

    Siesie

    I cannot begin to imagine your grief in losing two in one day.
  5. MilliesMom

    Lost Our Grey

    She was very lucky to have such a loving home. Sincerest condolences.
  6. What a sweet, sweet face. So sorry for your loss.
  7. Sincerest condolences.
  8. Haven't been here in awhile, but wanted to thank you all for sharing your touching stories. Next month, it will be a year. I'm not moody much, anymore, but the closer her anniversary comes, the worse I find myself.
  9. OK, judechet...now I'm crying. You're an absolute angel. Seniors are wonderful. When Millie was still here, I used to go to Petsmart and look at the greyt magazines with the pups with their clear, brown eyes, and then come home and look into Millie's clouded eyes, and start crying because I knew I'd have to lose her. It takes a special kind of person to adopt a senior. Unfortunately, I just don't have what it takes. It simply is too hard knowing that I'm going to have to let them go. God bless.
  10. My condolences on your loss. It's wonderful that you have so many lovely memories of her.
  11. MilliesMom

    Classy Vogue

    She obviously was a very special girl and is an angel for sending you someone else to love. Millie's been gone 10 months now, and we're waiting for her to do the same.
  12. You have an amazing attitude. Indeed, Chelsea was very lucky to have you. I hope she's playing at the Bridge with my Millie, who went there 10 months ago today. Sincerest condolences on your loss.
  13. How lucky you were to have each other! I'm very sorry for your loss.
  14. To Iberia's loving family and to Greybase: So sorry for your losses.
  15. MilliesMom

    Flame

    Sincerest condolences on your loss.
  16. I usually get my jollies with shows on Animal Planet or the Humane Society show on Saturdays. Last week, they said 100 kittens a day are coming into their shelters in the Phoenix area. A horrifying number. When DS and I were looking at the kittens, this wee little one cried and climbed up the fenced gate to the cage to nearly as high as my 18-year-old son was when he stood up--close to 6 feet. Gave us quite a scare. So we just about sat on the floor and coaxed it back to safer ground. Why is it so hard for people to spay or neuter their pets? There are WAY too many furry companions in the shelter. (I don't know if it's just that there are no rescue groups here, but we saw at least a couple of Shar-peis.)
  17. MilliesMom

    Ted

    Your wounds are still fresh, and it's very difficult even for kids who don't have tendencies toward OCD. Yes, we're greyhound lovers, but does that mean other dogs simply can't compare? That they don't need loving homes? I've had equal numbers of purebreds and Heinz 57s, and I've loved them all. There are so many wonderful dogs out there, and they all need forever homes. I love greys because tempermentally, we're well-suited, but that doesn't mean that I don't think goldens or labs or Australian Shepherds or wolfhounds or standard poodles or the best of them all aren't splendid, too. Give yourself time to grieve. It's nearly been 10 months since Millie passed, and I feel as though I'm just getting over the hump. I still cry at times, but it's been a tremendous loss. Her pictures are still on the fridge, her bag of food is still on the floor, her toothbrush is still in the bathroom. Time will heal but only you know if and when and what type of pooch you should have next. One thing that has really helped me (besides the passage of time) has been watching That's My Baby on Animal Planet. It's really reminded me of the circle of life. I've also had a good time with AP's Pet Star. (Those Australian Shepherds are so smart that it's scary.) In other words, it's opened my eyes again to the incredible joy that our companions can bring. Take it easy. It will get better.
  18. See how sweet all of you are! We simply can't afford another dog right now...and I hope it's not a problem with greys, but when dogs lick me, I tend to itch all over. It was just slight with Mil. Anyway, my son and I went to the pound yesterday. It was the first time I've seen him warm up to a dog since Mil's death, and it was wonderful to see. I'd like to go again, not to get one (the one I let lick me made me itch) but because they're so stressed-out and lonely that just having a human look them in the eyes and talk to them makes THEM feel better. (Okay, okay, it gave me warm fuzzies, too!) Still working on hubby going.
  19. I want to thank all of you for sharing your stories and support for me and each other through our difficult times. On August 19th, my Millie will have been gone a year. She was my heartdog for 13 1/2 of her almost 15 years, and despite the other dogs and cats I've had over several decades. it was this loss that hurt me the most. Coming just a year before my only child left home for college, it was particularly difficult. (Can't you tell I'm in the throes of empty nest?) I have found great comfort in knowing that I wasn't alone in my grief. I'm finally starting to get to the other side of it. Yes, I do cry on occasion, but now I see her as Grandma Mil, telling us that we need to adopt another youngster and to love and cherish it just as much as we did her. We were blessed in that Millie lived a very long and wonderful life. She suffered little. It always will hurt that she's gone, but had she never graced our lives, we never would have known the love this goofy girl would have given to us. She enriched our lives, immeasurably. You're a greyt bunch of people! God bless you all.
  20. Aw...what a beautiful, sweet face. Sincerest condolences.
  21. Sincerest condolences.
  22. How sad! I pray the other little guys make it.
  23. MilliesMom

    Arizona

    What a sweetie! Sincerest condolences.
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