the pain is still here

[fourpawso]

I received Coach's urn. I knew it would affect me , but not this much. I had a custom urn made with his personality. It is perfect. He was crazy about sour cream, we couldn't open a container in our house without him being right there. Sometimes he would just sit in front of the refrigerator waiting until someone would walk by & give him some. The first time I opened a container of sour cream with out him, I cried. It still feels so strange not to have him sitting there. Thanks for letting me ramble on, I miss him so much.

 

[Cami]

I know how you feel. Cami was a lover of good old American cheese. I have yet to be able to open up a piece and she has been gone for over 8 months. If hubby wants a slice on a burger I am cooking I make him come and open it.
There are so many things that will keep them in our memories and some are harder to deal with than others.
I am so sorry that you are in pain. If it helps we would love to hear more stories about your special boy when you feel up to it.

 

[allysmom]

I know it is so incredibly hard. Ally has been gone just six weeks now.The hardest six weeks ever. I have picked up her bowls and finally after a month removed her easy chair from the dining room window. She loved everything with yogurt. There's a container still in the fridge. I know I have to eventually discard it, but I am hoping someone else will do it. Crazy right? Its the last of her food in my home. Odd how we connect to stuff. I loved her so much...was hoping by now the pain was easier......just taking it day by day. Stay strong and rejoice in our memories.

 

[BudH]

So sad for you and so sorry for your loss!

How privileged we are to share our lives with these loyal, loving, and dynamic four-footed friends! The extent to which these 40, 50, or 60 pound bundles of joy insinuate themselves into our lives is incredible! Once the stomach cancer steals our Ribby from us, I’ll never be able to say “Cheese”, “I’m havin’ it!”, “Hurry up”, “Frisbee”, or many other of her favorite words and phrases without remembering her. Boxers just become such a huge part of our daily lives! This is a first for me and my wife. I’ve never had advance notice that an otherwise healthy pet’s days are distinctly numbered; counting down all too rapidly... Perhaps it’s a bit of a gift in a sad sort of way. I’m not taking Ribby’s presence for granted as much as I used to. I know today’s romp in the yard could well be our last. I’m striving to make her days as special as possible. Although the fall weather on the east coast is my favorite time for riding my motorcycles, I’ve no interest in that right now. I just want to spend all my non-working time with my “bestest-buddy” while I still have her!

Fourpawso, because my wife and I cannot imagine life without a boxer, our quest for another will begin as soon as Ribby tells us it’s time. Of course, the new girl will have some very big “footsies” (another Ribby-word) to fill. But, just as Chelsea did, we know Ribby will leave behind a complete boxerese instruction manual. She’ll want our new little girl to get up to speed even quicker than she did herself! I hope you’re able to begin your search for another cottage cheese lover real soon. You don’t want Coach’s “instruction manual” to get misplaced!

 

[iluvfrankie]

You poor thing. At least you have your baby home where he belongs. I havent lost a best friend yet so i can only imagine your pain. To be honest i cant imagine it. Life without either of my babies would be awful- too awful to think about.

I hope your heart will heal. Hugs for u. xxx

 

[Independence]

This is why I love boxerworld. Where else could we cry over sour cream and cheese and everyone understands?? Indy has been gone a year (October 16) and I has yet to wash his nose prints off of the french doors. Bode has added his own on there so now I have the connection from past to present.

I hope the good memories will comfort you.

 

[Murp.mm]

Thinking of you and hoping each day gets a little easier. Hugs.

 

[MommaGator]

So sorry for your loss. I think I can understand how you feel. I had to make the hard decision to have my beloved Louie put down a month after his 14th birthday. That was in April of this year and I still cry when I talk about him. Tears stream down my cheeks as I type this. Louie is at home in his urn where he belongs. Louie meant so much to me and was raised with my four sons. We bought Louie on my third son's 6th birthday and my youngest son was just two years old. It was really hard on the boys to lose Louie.

I stayed with him until the end and then some. Walking away and leaving my sweet Louie was one of the hardest things I have ever done.

I have two beautiful female boxers now and I love them but nothing will ever come close to my beloved Louie.

 

[LillyBear]

I am so sorry for your loss. I really can't imagine loosing my Lilly. It would be too painfull. "cheese" is her favorite word. She loves the stuff.

 

[Althea]

It's a tribute to how much he was loved, that you still are affected by it. It's as it should be, hard as it is to deal with. I was fortunate to find my Suki shortly after Cairo passed, so I never got low on white hairs all over my black clothes. But I have her collar here on my desk, with my favorite baby photo of Cairo (she hated cameras and refused to look at one). I do not feed her favorite treats to my guys anymore -- just can't buy them -- she loved marrowbones. So we found new ones. And I still have the last box I bought for her in the pantry. So yeah...totally understand the person who still has the yogurt in the fridge. I went through that, too. :(