[Dailydrool] Condolences on the Drool

[Hinchliffe at aol.com]

Please, don't change anything about posting condolences on the  Drool!
 
To me, they are the HEART of the Daily Drool, because they  show the depth 
of caring in this wonderful family.  Over the years,  we grow to know and 
truly care about each other, and our houndies, so that  when one waddles off 
to the bridge, it is truly a shared loss.  And when  there's a loss in any 
family, we all comfort each other.
 
I don't know how I could have made it through the anguishing  loss of my 
Duchess and my Blueberry were it not for the outpouring of love and  
understanding from my other Droolers.  You were the ones in my life who  really 
understood.  That meant everything in the world.
 
And, responding directly to the "Modest Proposal" post, I  think it is so 
important that the condolences be posted publicly on the  Drool.  We can all 
be touched by them.  First, we learn the goodness  of Droolers, to care.
 
Second, we learn more about the treasured, lost furbaby, when  the 
condolences share their favorite stories that they've read over the  years.
 
Third, the posts help all of us to heal -- losing any  Drooler's dog 
affects the whole family, and especially when that dog belongs to  a special 
friend, or is one we have come to know over the years, it is a grief  for all of 
us.  Many times I have cried when I've read about a houndie  going to the 
bridge -- and through the condolences I have found comfort, when I  needed it, 
too.
 
When any family goes through a death, the shared grieving can  bring them 
closer together, and I think that's a powerful and unique gift that  posting 
condolences on the Drool gives to all of us.
 
Please, everyone, don't change a thing.
 
Fondly,
Beth H. (Duchess ATB and Blueberry ATB)  
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For  Duchess, Blueberry, and all houndies of our Daily Drool family:  "You 
have  gone ahead and nothing is the same, leaving pawprints on my heart that 
will  always remain." -- Tibetan Proverb from Prayers on the Wind
 
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