Stacy,

I am so sorry!  I feel like we as a family have shed so many tears this week, and now we shed them with you.  I don't know what else to say.  ((HUGS))

Amy

Dear Stacey,

I am so sorry to hear of your loss and my heart hurts with how you must be feeling right now.  I haven't been on for a little while and seeing that 3 beautiful brave tripawds have left us in such a short time I can barely see the compute screen.  I am crying with you. 

Thining of you,

Storm and Koda

Hi Debra,

Thanks for checking in on me, it has been hard and I still miss her.  But, I found a way, for me, to help celebrate Lulu's life and try to move past such deep mourning, that seemed to envelope me for so long.  Since Lulu was a rescue, I decided to get another rescue dog.  I knew that I would eventually get another dog, but thought it would be a while before I could even think about it.  

But, then, instead of working, a found myself constantly checking Petfinder and looking at dogs.  So when Saturday came around, I decided to check out my local shelters and see how I felt about the whole new dog thing.  My sister and her dog joined me as we went to the South Los Angeles shelter, one of the highest kill-rate shelters in Los Angeles.  There was an event that day at the shelter, and since Cosmo (my sister's dog) couldn't go back with us to the kennels, a Paul Mitchell rep (Paul Mitchell makes dog products now too and were a sponsor of the event) watched him as we went back to see the dogs.  

The first dog I saw was a trembling little Chihuahua mix with one eye, so cute & scared.  We went around the rest of the shelter, there were so many dogs, so many need homes, it was hard, but it was that first dog that stuck with me.  So we went back to her, it took only a few minutes to know she was the one (well it was the moment she looked at me and licked my face).  She was trembling the whole time, a stray, under a year old and there was no way I could let them put her back in jail.

She came home with me that day, and is sitting in my lap now as I write this, still trembling a little, but getting better.   She has her spaying surgery next week and most likely the will sew her eye shut to prevent infection.  Her missing eye is probably a birth defect and not result of injury, but they will have a better look once she is under anesthetic.

Olive will never know her sister Lulu, but it's through Lulu that she came to me.  My sister made fun of me, she said, "Of all the dogs in the shelter, you find the dog with one eye ," but hey there is nothing wrong with a furbaby missing a body part they can easily survive without.  I tell Olive about Lulu, how her sister came to me and how Olive is her legacy.  Sometimes I feel a little guilty for getting an animal so soon, but I believe Olive was meant to come into my life to remind me to celebrate life, celebrate Lulu's life, and live each day to the fullest.

With each knew loss that we experience among our tripawd family, it hurts, we cry, we wish others didn't have to experience the pain and sorrow we had to go through as we said goodbye to our sweet furbabies.  It hurt me to see that Emily too embarked on her journey to the rainbow bridge, it seemed to soon, I still seem to believe that all dogs are immortal, even if I know its not true.  I know that bringing another animal into you life is not for everybody, but for me it has been a wonderful experience in living.

I think of you too, during this difficult time and Emily will never be forgotten.  I hope you are well, taking it day by day, knowing that now Emily, like Lulu and all the rest are pain-free and enjoying their new adventures.  I know that there isn't much I can do for you from here, but please let me know if there is anything I can do.

All the best,

Stacy, Angel Lulu and Olive 

Meet Olive