To all you wonderful, caring and truly compassionate people here, I don't even know how to fully thank you all for your kind words and support. Most of your posts make me bawl my eyes out but it's also very comforting to read and know, that there ARE others in this world like myself.

I thought I was going crazy, I've lost friends over this, and I've also distanced myself from a lot of people in my life. Coming here made me realize that everything I've been going through is normal, and in a way healthy.

Everyones healing time will be different and some will never really heal, I know this now from coming here and I also know that it's okay. Maybe my friends, co-workers, and family members are the ones that just don't get it, just don't understand and in a way, I feel sad for them all. I feel sad that they have never really loved with all their hearts, a furbaby.

I know that I'll be coming here for a long while and I'm so thankfull that I was able to find this wonderful place where we can all share our stories of love and loss and cry together, and perhaps help each other to heal.

My 'daughter' is gone and the pain is utterly indescribable, but I know that I'm not alone! And that means so much.
Thank you so much everyone.

It is great to have a site like this, which came damn near saving my sanity recently. It's too bad the majority of people don't comprehend what we go through. I can honestly say I've lost people in my life that I haven't grieved as much as I have for my animals.Thank God for this site and all the wonderful people on it. We really are lucky to have such a resource available to us. There really is strength(as well as comfort) in numbers. Hang in there, and God bless you.
Robert

yes, that is exactly why L-S is here. you summed it up quite nicely

The day after we got the bad news from the vet, I learned that one of my uncles had passed away. And you are so right Robert; I was grieving more for my furkid than I did for my uncle (we were not close). Pet owners are a special breed (pardon the pun) and my ex-husband used to say 'you can never trust a person who doesn't like animals'. That's about the only thing he was right about!

I picked up Arlo's ashes on Monday, and I give him a little wave every night I come home. Today I was actually strong enough to print a photo and frame it to put with his urn.

Stay strong