Every time I do anything today I think of Zoey. I ate my breakfast and saved a bite like I always did and looked over and you weren't there. Just the morning before you were and you happily ate your treat. Every time I went outside I looked to see if you needed out, automatically, and you weren't there. In the middle of the night I got up and carefully walked to the bathroom so I would trip over you and started crying again when I remembered you weren't there. The house seems empty, you filled it with so much space and gentle love.

The cat wanders from room to room, crying this terrible cry and she can't find you. She sat on my lap, you know she doesn't do that. She only laid down with you. And she slept on Ricks stomach. We all miss you so much. I don't think we will run out of tears. Zoey, did I tell you thanks for sharing our lives for the last 13 and a half years? As I buried my face in your fur for the last time yesterday and smelled you sweet smell did you know my heart was breaking?

I miss you baby girl.

Hi, Julia, please permit me to offer you my sincerest sympathies in the physical loss of your beloved Zoey. I thank you for the honor and privilege of having shared your and your beloved Zoey's journey, and now for the opportunity to try to offer you some measure of comfort, support, encouragement, and hope as you travel your grief adjustment journey. For a very long time each moment of every day is going to feel like a painful stab in your heart, and there will be times - - many times - - for awhile when you will feel like the seeing pain of sorrow will never ease. But I promise you, Julia, one day when you least expect it you will be thinking of your beloved Zoey and you will find yourself smiling - - truly smiling - - and your heart will once again begin to feel not quite so broken and empty.

But it is going to be awhile before you get to this point, and one of the many things you need to remember is that you are not alone in your grief journey. Each of us are here for you, with you, and beside you through every step of your journey for as long and as often as you need us.

Thank you so much for sharing your beloved Zoey with us, Julia. What a beautiful girl she is, and I know my beloved Oslo is with her now showing her all around heaven's perfect garden and sharing her many wonderful treasured memories of her earthly journey with you. And although she is no longer physically present with you, Julia, please know that her sweet Living Spirit contnues to share your earthly journey just as she always has and always will - - for she is forever a part of you, Julia - - she is always and forever a heartbeat close to you.

I hope today is treating you and your family kindly, Julia, and that you will have a very peaceful evening blessed with your beloved Zoey's sweet Living Spirit to comfort you. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I look forward to knowing how you're doing, and to sharing your treasured memories of your beloved Zoey.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

Julia, please accept my sincere sympathies on the loss of your precious Zoey. What a sweet and gentle dog she was and she was such a good friend to Xena, the cat. They had a strong bond, so it is only natural that Xena should miss her so. You didn't mention what happened to Zoey's remains in this post, but it might be helpful to take Xena to her grave or let her sniff on the urn if she was cremated. That way she knows what happened to her friend and she won't continue to look for her.

I know so well how empty a house can feel without our beloved animal companion. I remember that I kept looking for Danny the first few days after he died. I just expected to see him lounging on the bed or in the kitty condo, and I would get so distraught when it hit me that he wasn't coming back. The grief journey is a long, winding and lonely road that we must travel, and sometimes the pain can be so overwhelming. I found that it helps to cry and let the tears out as it eases the pain of grief. Please take good care of yourself.

Hugs,
DannysMom