Sweet Deanna, here is a "Blessing" lullaby that my Alex loved so much. To me, it's just about the most beautiful song I've ever heard. I hope and pray that you and your Fur Child Zoe will enjoy it, too.

Please click on the glittering Angel Lady to hear her sing the Blessing song for you and Zoe. Okay? Hugs!







Lay down your head and I'll sing you a lullaby. Back to the years of Loo-Li,Lai-Ley. And I'll sing you to sleep and I'll sing you tomorrow. Bless you with love for the road that you go.

May you sail fair to the far fields of fortune with diamonds and pearls at your head and your feet and may you need never to banish misfortune. May you find kindness in all that you meet.

May there always be Angels to watch over you. To guard you each step of the way. To guard you and keep you safe from all harm. Loo-Li,Loo-Li,Lai-Ley.

May you bring love and may you bring happiness. Be loved in return to the end your days. Now fall off to sleep. I'm not meaning to keep you. I'll just sit for a while and sing Loo-Li,Lai-Ley.

May there always be Angels to watch over you. To guard you each step of the way. To guard you and keep you safe from all harm. Loo-Li,Loo-Li,Lai-Ley. Loo-Li,Loo-Li,Lai-Ley.

I also send Many Angels, Butterfly Kisses, Tight Hugs and Much Love to you and your Fur Child Zoe.

Always,
Angel xoxoxox

WOW ~ simply powerful ....very powerful.
Very chilling ...while watching and listening to the video (what an amazing beautiful song) , I got a warm feeling throughout my body, then overcome with goosebumps.
What an awakening!
You are a true Angel.
Deanna

I Love You Deanna and your precious Fur Child Zoe too, of course!

Hey, I do believe that's Zoe peeking around from behind the bush at the right and smiling at you from The Rainbow Bridge. See?



She's young again, happy, healthy, playing with lots of friends and waits patiently for that One Sweet Day when you and she will be reunited.

Tons of Hugs and Oodles and Boodles of Love!

Your Pal Always,
Angel xoxoxox

I love and miss you so much Zoe.
You're still mama's lil' punkin pie.
I would give anything to have you in my arms again!
Mama

I love your picture and can certainly understand how you miss this adorable sweetheart so very much. Zoe looks very very huggable.
Pictures are so precious. We don't always realize when we take them...how very much they will mean someday...and they do.

Pictures and memories....as we remember the good memories associated with the pictures, at least for that moment we can feel good inside....reliving as best we can that time.

We do love them forever and miss them forever and hold them in our hearts forever.

All we can do for each other is simply.....a hug...so here is a bunch of them for you.

HUG HUG HUG HUG HUG HUG..................and so on to fill the page......cause we can never get enough hugs.

Hugs that say I know how you feel. I miss my baby also.

Thank you for the kind words Lovethem.
Zoe was very huggable. I hugged and kissed her constantly. My husband and two children were always like...."hello?", however, they understood ... my kids are big and are out of the huggable stage (18 yr old daughter and 9 yr old son) who thinks getting hugs and kisses from mom ..is not cool. I guess that's why I was all over Zoe so much. My husband said Zoe was my baby ...that it was her that I was nourturing, since our kids were older. I guess that was true. I do feel I've lost "my baby". My heart hurts for her loss. I am trying so hard to focus on our good times together, rather than her death, but the pain and hurt is still winning right now. It may sound crazy, but I started a journal today "To Zoe". I have poured my heart out in this journal and I can't seem to stop writing. I think it is helping ....it is allowing me to express my thoughts, some have been happy that made me smile, some ...I cried, and cried hard. Ewww ~ weeee ... I am trying so hard to stay strong, it's been 13 days since I've lost her and it seems like it just happened today.
Thanks to everyone on this site for your support.
It is something I look forward to when I come home in the evening.
Much Love
Deanna

****Zoe napping in one of her favorite spots, on top on my recliner. (I always covered her up with her blanket.) **

Deanna,

Those pictures are just priceless, sleeping on top of your recliner...isn't she sweet. They bring tears to my eyes. It sounds like you have a great family, and Zoe was an important part of it. These little furred ones are so dependent on us, more so than all but the youngest of human kids. And they are so uncomplaining. They are our babies and they remain that all their lives.

Journaling is good. It gives those thoughts, the happy ones and the sad ones, a shape ,and a place to be wher we can set them aside when we need to and come back to them later.

That " it just happened today feeling" comes and goes. Just the other day I really looked at a picture of Mack I'd had stuffed in a book. His beauty was so vivid, his absence so profound...I could smell the candles that were burning that evening when he died in my arms. That was my last moment with my boy...until we meet again.

You continue in my thoughts and prayers,
Dayna

Dayna,
Your response, again, gives me the strength to go an another day with my normal routine. You are so comforting.
I have Zoe in my heart now and that's where she'll be forever. I will work on trying to smile for her, to show the world Zoe's spirit through me. She was also so loving and extremely playful.
She will never be forgotten.
Again, thanka Dayna ~ you have a good day.
Deanna

What a sweet picture. She is such a cutie pie and looks very smart too.

In all my sadness, I'm grateful that you guys do share your stories and pictures of your babies. It does make me smile and remember great memories from my Candy and not feel as sad.

Thank you so much and I'm hope you are hanging in there.


Candy's Dad

Okay..that picture napping on the picture got to me....can anyone look more precious than that?
I don't think so.

I think your idea of a journal is great! What a wonderful outlet..at a time it is so needed.

You really do have some great pictures of Zoe and even though all of us who have also lost our sweethearts can truly understand the pain, the grieving, the missing, all of it....when you post a picture of Zoe and we can look into those beautiful eyes that are definitely focused on the picture taker .....we can actually see what you are remembering about her....and just how very very special she is and always will be.

Hugs to you and Zoe. She may be an angel now but even angels need hugs, don't they?

You guys are great. Thanks for your reply. Zoe was my cutie pie, and you're right, she was smart.
Doin' ok right now, hope you're hanging in there as well.
Keeping you and Hal in my prayers as we all heal.
Again, thanks
Deanna

LoveThem,
I though the journal would help too, and it has.

Thanks so much for the nice compliments on pictures I took of Zoe, my husband teased me when he got me a digital camera for Christmas ~ in between every picture I took of my family ~ was a picture of Zoe. I'm really glad I took them now. I reflect back on them quite a bit. I have several videos that I recorded on the camera, as well. However, I get upset when I watch them now ....although, I know there will be a day I will be able to watch and ENJOY them. She was definately very very special to me.

I can't thank you enough, you are a TREMENDOUS help. Would love to hear stories from you during your time of healing. Look forward to them.
Much Love,
Deanna

{{{{{{{Deanna}}}}}}} Such a Beautiful, Loving photo of you and your fur child Zoe. I just had to frame it really fancy and thought you might like to save it to your files.



Well, Zoe saw you and had to say something. I caught Zoe's words and this is what se's telling you as she sends lots of Hugs and Kisses!



Then Zoe got really excited! She had to say it again and jumped right out of the picture frame!



Awww Deanna, I can sure see why you miss her so and I hope and pray that you know in your heart that she is right there with you and will never leave, Dear One. So much Love!

Always,
Angel xoxoxox

PS. Be sure to click on the "black size caption lines" above the photos. HUGS!!!

Your pictures of Zoe are absolutely angelic. I especially love the one where she is napping on the couch. These are the sweet memories they leave us when they pass on.

Journaling is such great therapy too. When Goliath & Gidget were just puppies I started a scrapbook entitled "For the Love of Goliath & Gidget." The reason I started it was because I knew one day they would leave me to go to Heaven. In each picture I added what it was that was going on during that special time. When Goliath passed away this last November, I was soooooooo glad that I had d o c u m e n t e d his life along with pictures in a love that could never end. I still keep a journal because it helps me to really get all of my feelings out.

Zoe's love and fond memories will forever be in your heart. These are her gifts to you Deanna.

Much love with many warm hugs,
Beth

Woooow ~ these are wonderful .... thanks for the "framed" photo, they brought some joyful tears to my eyes, (reading the captions) ~ love it! I have them saved in my files now.
I know Zoe is with me all the time, it makes me feel better knowing this.
I've said it before, you are a true Angel.
Much love and hugs back to you !
Deanna

Dear Goliath,
Thank you (again), this time for the compliments on my pictures of Zoe and your continuing support. I do adore the pictures I have of Zoe, I am so glad I was picture crazy for her. I am now reflecting on the memories I have of Zoe with me and my family. Each of my family members will comment of, "I miss Zoe" or "Zoe really did bring alot of love to this family" or "It sure is awful quiet around here, she was a great addition to the family, etc.

Yes, the journal has been great for me to express feelings. That was a great idea...starting a scrapbook when your babies are puppies. I remember this, in the future, if and when my heart allows me to love another fur kid. I can't imagine getting a new baby any time soon.


Zoe left me something some gifts I never realized that's what they were, until she was gone. She taught me sooo many positive and happy things. I was guilty of taking her for granted, but she's taught me, life is short and that we need to make the most of every day. Cherish every moment.

Goliath, you have been the root of my healing and I have began to grow (just alil') to try and make some sense out of this terrible tradegy in my life and learn to cope and heal from it.
I can't thank you enough. I now feel, somewhat, selfish on these forums, (mostly) commenting and replying on my forum, however, it was all that was on my mind, really couldn't focus of much of anything else.
Yourself, Myhrtisbrkn, LoveThem, AngelOneCare, Candy'sDad, Buster and Jorge, (I know there's more) have helped me so much, my heart goes out to all of you with your losses. I know I haven't replied to all of you in your topics when I needed to, but through out this terrible heartache ...you have all been in my prayers.

Hugs to all of your and our fur kids ~ they will always remain in our hearts!
Deanna
**Zoe ~ Forever In My Heart**

If and when you decide to bring a new addition into your family you will know. Somehow I can't imagine your heart not ever loving another furbaby again. People like us are destined to love these special loving creatures who teach us so much.
Your heart Deanna is more than full because Zoe is there. When two loving hearts become one they can never separate, not even in death. Sharing that love assures Zoe's memories will always bring sunshine into your life. Without Zoe's death you would never have had the pleasure of knowing her nor would you have learned the lessons of love and learning she brought you as your gift.

A dear friend of mine recently gave me the book, ANGEL DOGS by Allen & Linda Anderson. Each night I read a chapter or two while Browser lays on my chest just before going to sleep. The stories are so comforting and filled with heart healing messages. Each story is only 2 or 3 pages long but they are packed with emotional healing verses of gratitude and experiences of those who truly love their dogs. Basically the book focuses on the important lessons we can learn from our doggieloves and how they lead us spiritually. This book will take you on an amazing journey Deanna and I hope you will read it.

May God bless you always and shower you with Zoe's love.


Many warm hugs filled with love,
Beth

Deanna

Never worry about replying too much in your own topic...that is what it is for...for your thoughts and feelings, for replying to friends who have stopped by, for writing a note to Zoe, in other
words, to do all the things that make you feel better. Don't worry about posting to others, we all know we are in pain and there is nothing "expected" to do here, except be yourself and do what you need to do to help heal yourself.

When we have something good to post..whether in our topic or another's...it makes those who read it feel better themselves inside. We need to hear good news whenever it is possible...and it is good news when someone says they feel better for finding this forum or something someone said helped them. We all like to read these positive things. It helps us all heal.

Take care and keeping posting in that journal and also posting here.

Hugs

Hey Punkin' Pie (Zoe),
Here it is, 3:30 in the morning, I have no idea why I am up, however, the second my eyes opened, you were on my mind. I know in my heart, that if you were here with me, you would have just ...nudged me with your lil wet cold nose ... tried to get alil' closer ... flipped over on your back, (let out a sigh), then at that point, I would have then rubbed your belly, until I fell back to sleep. I really miss cuddling with you. Daddy said he misses your feet being pushed against his back. haha He's having a hard time with you being gone too, we all are. We talk about you daily, we talk alot about the gift you left us. The amount of love and joy that you brought in our lives. I never knew this type until I met you. The unconditional love you had for all of us, was out of this world.

Daddy and I had a few friends over for a cookout tonight and for good part of the evening ...the topic was all about you. Several different stories and memories were told of the many silly things you had done, as well as, the love they remember you giving them. Travis took a nap (as always) and he mentioned, although he is allergic to dogs, he would still not be able to turn you away when you wanted to nap with him. He said you were so sweet and lovable. Many of the stories made us all laugh, and of course, made me cry in between. However, my friends are telling me, this is what I need to do, to ease the pain. I guess I could say, it did make me feel better by the end of the night, however, I guess with all the talk and conversations about you, you're on my mind pretty heavy.

I will always love and miss you until the day after forever.
You will remain forever in my heart.
Hugs n' Kisses
Mama

You have been blessed in having wonderful friends who you can share your grief and joys with. I too am blessed in having those kind of special loving people in my life. Good friends do help ease our pain and promote healing when we all talk about how we feel and share the sweet and happy memories together. It sounds like your friends loved Zoe very much.

I loved hearing about Travis and how he couldn't resist Zoe, even though he is allergic to dogs. My sister is very allergic to many animals, including dogs, and can never resist holding and talking to my little furbabies. Though I only get to see my sister once or twice a year, not a one of my babies ever forget her. She is always greeted with lots of lovin'.

You said, "I will always love and miss you until the day after forever." That sentence touches me so deeply and brings tears to my eyes this morning. From the day I met Goliath until this very day............I have said a thousand times over "I will love you til the day after forever." He remains in my heart, my forever best friend. These very words, which I keep so close to my heart, are also contained in my Heartfelt Letter To Goliath posted in this section of the forum. When I read my letter written in a poem, it reminds me that one day he and I will be together again some day.

You and Zoe will also be together again some day in a place where love lives never ends.

Have a wonderful day Deanna. I wish you sunshine and laughter in whatever you and your family do together.

Much love with lots of hugs,
Beth