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Even though the 5th August will be 3 months since we lost Magnum, I’ve still been thinking in terms of weeks and today marks 12 weeks since that heart wrenching day. There has only been one day in all of those 12 weeks where I haven’t shed tears as I think about how much I love my little girl, how much I miss her and how much I wish we could have had more time together.
I know that Magnum is watching over me, continuing to guard and protect me as she always did. But I’d still give anything to kiss and hug her warm, furry, flesh and blood body just one more time.
Thank you to Rene and Jim and everyone at Tripawds for being here. I wish I had sought the warmth and knowledge of this community at the beginning of Magnum’s journey. But, no looking backwards, I found my way to you towards the end and thank Dog I did. Helping Magnum write her memoirs and being able to be a part of this community has been and continues to be a critical part of my healing process. No-one else understands like you guys do!
Please keep Magnum in your thoughts today and give your doggies extra kisses and cuddles for us tonight.
Magnum: 30th May 2002 to 5th May 2012. Lost her back left leg to osteosarcoma on 5th Sep 2011. Lung mets found on 20th Mar 2012 but it was bone mets in the hip that ended her brave battle. Magnum's motto - "Dream as if you'll live for ever, live as if you'll die today" (James Dean). Loyal, loving, courageous and spirited to the end. My beloved heart dog, see her memoirs from Rainbow Bridge ...... http://princess.....pawds.com/
Princess is such a beautiful young girl. I am so sorry for your loss and dread the day that my Guinness passes. It never is an easy process. I will keep you and Princess in my thoughts and prayers. I wish you all the best and healing.
I'm glad that you at least have found an outlet for your grief. I find writing helps me as well. And, like you said, no one else understands like the folks I've met through tripawds.
Your beautiful girl wants you to be happy. I was thinking about Abby today and missing her and was on the verge of getting all teary, and I really kinda thought about how happy she was and that she wouldn't want me to be sad. It helped and the feeling-teary passed. I hope your feeling-teary days will start to be fewer and farther between. Magnum wants you to be happy.
Hang in there,
Jackie
Abby: Aug 1, 2009 – Jan 10, 2012. Our beautiful rescue pup lived LARGE with osteosarcoma for 15 months – half her way-too-short life. I think our "halflistic" approach (mixing traditional meds + supplements) helped her thrive. (PM me for details. I'm happy to help.) She had lung mets for over a year. They took her from us in the end, but they cannot take her spirit! She will live forever in our hearts. She loved the beach and giving kisses and going to In-N-Out for a Flying Dutchman. Tripawds blog, and a more detailed blog here. Please also check out my novel, What the Dog Ate. Now also in paperback! Purchase it at Amazon via Tripawds and help support Tripawds!
We lost our Kona December 23rd, 2010.
It seems like it can't possibly be that long ago.
Yes, we think of her and always miss her.
I have to admit that it took us a long time for the memories to be the good ones, you know? Not the later times, the declining times.
We're so happy that now, most of the time, the memories have come back to us of the years of GOOD TIMES with our devil dog (and she was!) and that will happen for you too with your Magnum. You'll also miss and long for those pup kisses and snuggles, but, you do get to a point of more acceptance, just takes so much time.
Hey, when the love is so deep...
Hang in there.
It does get better.
Kona turned 9yrs on April 16, 2010.
Kona was diagnosed Memorial Weekend 2010 with osteosarcoma.
Right rear leg amputated on June 4th. First chemo June 18th 2010
Second chemo July 9th, 2010 Third and final (yea !!!) chemo July 30th, 2010
ONE TOUGH GIRL this Australian Cattledog !
***Kona's journey/fight ended late in the evening of December 22, 2010***
We Love you so much Kona….always
Bella 9yrs, albino lab/aussie shep/pit?(abandoned in mts as a puppy) deaf & blind (from birth) in one eye limited vision in other.(laid back, ok lazy 73 lbs)
Cotton, 5yrs, albino hound/terrier of somesort/???(abandoned in mts as a puppy) deaf & blind in one eye(from birth), excellent vision in seeing eye. (ball addict…destroyer of Kong balls…yes,etc), high energy 55lbs knots of muscle)
Kona Kai's pup brother and sister as well as her buddy and playmate cat, Shaymous 12yrs (like Seamus), miss her terribly.
{{{{hugs}}}}
Sometimes it seems like no amount of time will help heal such a great loss. It hurts, for a long time. But I know she is looking after you, making sure to help you smile when you recall all of the beautiful moments of your life together. One short time of heartbreak cannot steal all of the incredible times that you shared, always remember that.
Thank you for taking time to share your journey, before and after, with us, for it's stories like yours and Magnum's that adds to the rich tapestry of hope and love here at Tripawds.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Thanks everyone for your kind words. Saturday wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, not too many tears at all. It is getting a little easier to remember the good times and smile about how much fun and love we shared. And, I count my blessings that Magnum was a part of my life for as long as she was. For now the regrets are back in their box.
Magnum: 30th May 2002 to 5th May 2012. Lost her back left leg to osteosarcoma on 5th Sep 2011. Lung mets found on 20th Mar 2012 but it was bone mets in the hip that ended her brave battle. Magnum's motto - "Dream as if you'll live for ever, live as if you'll die today" (James Dean). Loyal, loving, courageous and spirited to the end. My beloved heart dog, see her memoirs from Rainbow Bridge ...... http://princess.....pawds.com/
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