hope your arm is still usable Patricia, lol
I really didn't think i would be able to love another companion ever, I remember reading something on this site (maybe a post from someone, i'm not sure) that said don't close your heart to love just cos you are hurting so much, be open to all possibilities & that's exactly what I did and hey presto along comes Jesse James.
It is lovely that we can hve a fur companion the complete opposite to our companions who have died & still love them. I remember when I was checking out dogs thinking what sort of dog wold suit our family. I looked @ the same cross breed as our Buddy but realised that i would forever be (unintentionally) comparing the two of them, so i started looking @ all sorts of breeds & the kids had said they wanted a medium size dog, like our Buddy, well the rest is a happy family once again. I still find myself saying to my family "oh Buddy used to do that too", though I don't feel I'm comparing them so much as enjoying the comapionship of a dog again.
You know Patricia I'm with you, life without our companions wld be very sad indeed.
thank the Lord for his wonderful creatures & thanks to my new friends for helping me through a most traumatic time, i can't believe I've survived it, but I have.
Thank you to all of you for your words of comfort it has been and will continue to be a part of my life dropping in here to see whats happening & how we all get thru our sad times.
Here's to new beginings & and our eternal love to our companions who have crossed the rainbow bridge.
elaine