[Dailydrool] Still grieving

[Jacquelynn Chazey]

Dear Judy and Archie,

I will never forgive myself for not having the knowledge to heal Pierre, but
that turned out not to be my domain.  I could have tried Oriental medicine a
couple hours away, but I was sole care giver of Mom with Dementia and I
could not leave the house that long, or even bring her along, lest she jump
out of the moving car.  I was so in a rock and a hard place.  A few weeks
after I sent Pierre ATB, Mom fell, and she began her journey that was
hospital, rehab nightmare, and transfer to Assisted Living.  In between, in
my sorrow for losing Sr., I drove 10 hours each way to rescue Jr. from OBR.
 (Sis looked after Mom during my first vacation with purpose in 7 years).  I
am still a mental mess from so many directions, but the hounds give me
purpose, keep me grounded, and they are the greatest loves of my life.
We had 8, and when Pierre passed we had 7, but the house felt empty.

Thank you for your nice words.

Hugs,

Jackie

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 2:05 AM, <Elsamarie5 at cs.com> wrote:

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> Jackie,
> You have touched my heart with your comments about losing your baby a year
> ago. I lost my Scottish Deerhound/Border Collie mix, Annie, 6 years ago and
> I still wheal up with tears when I remember her. I have had several dogs
> since, but none so close to my heart as she was. She was a rescue from the
> SPCA, was to be put down same day that I found her, she was suffering with
> distemper, weak and ouside temp. was 104 that day, yet she dragged herself
> to the
> front of kennel over several other dogs to beg me to take her. She acted
> like she already knew me and poked her runny nose through wire to be
> noticed.
> It was a long process to rehabilitate her but she was velcro tight to me,
> anticipated my thoughts and moves, she'd mother all the puppies I'd drag
> home,
> train them (including potty) and never make a move without my permission.
> Even though I love all my puppies, I will never have another dog like her.
> Each one of our babies fills a special place in our hearts, none other can
> take their place, our hearts must be very much bigger than they look for us
> to
> contain all the love we feel for each one. Archie (my Basset baby) & I are
> sending a big hug and snooter kisses from California to you and hope it
> will
> help a little to console you.
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> Judy & Archie (Basset buddy)</HTML>
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