I just found this site and I feel for all of you who have loss a dear little friend, my heart goes to you, I have lost 4 dogs and a cat in the last 10 years but last october I lost my fifth dog Perseus , i could not grieve properly as my husband was dying from cancer then 3 weeks later he too was taken from me.
I am very much lost and feel I do not know who I am anymore, I have four dogs at home one of them is sick and I fear she too may be taken, I cannot bare losing another one, I feel I am walking into the valley of death, I try to take a step here and there to put my life in some sort of funtioning way, but there does not seem to be any point, everytime I try something comes to stop me.

I am sorry I rave on but thank you for listening I am not the best those days, this grief journey is exhausting and there does not seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel, and how long is this tunnel if there is a light perhaps it is an incoming train, I do not know I am lost, confused, depressed, taking one day at the time but just existing not living, to see pass one day seems impossible.

Thank you for listening
Kind thoughts

My heart cries out to yours as I read of the loss of your precious husband and your dogs and cat. I'm sure it must feel like a terrible darkness you are fighting against. Sometimes it is just so hard to get back on our feet and travel down a road filled with so much pain and sorrow.

I am a little fearful to mention God to you since some people don't want to hear anything about Him. I do not mean to offend you in any way. But He is the one I rely upon to help me make it through this life to give me strength and comfort me and to help me walk on. Hugs
Ann

Lilith,

I'm so sorry for what you've been going through!!! There is nothing like the heart-wrenching pain of grief.

I believe that all your dogs and your cat are together with your husband. THey're in that joyful realm where there's no suffering or sadness, only bliss.

But it's not easy for those of us left behind.

Don't think you need to be superhuman, or that you should have been superhuman in the way you handled anything in the past. You can't do everything. Your loved ones know how much they meant/mean to you. And you'll be fully reunited when it's your time. In the meantime, they want you to be as happy as you can be. After all, love is a 2-way street.

I'm glad you found this site. It's been a life saver for me. Keep in touch.

Love,

Kathy

Lilith, you're strenght will come from knowing that you still have others there depending on you.

I am so sorry for the loss of your husband, and the loss of your dogs and cats.

Nothing can compare to your husband. The pets are unique to us, and I believe help us in our routine days.

I can sympathize with your sentiment. It seems over the past several years, every time I've had a close friend, they up and pick up and leave, and though the promise of staying in touch is always there, it never happens.

Your baby who you felt was neglected knew what was going on with your husband, even though she could not express that. You of course did the right thing in caring for your husband. I believe she will be one day be waiting for you with open arms.

Midwest