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I saw this on Facebook and thought I would post this here. It is worth the read.
http://markingo.....ing-a-dog/
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Michelle & Angel Sassy
Sassy is a proud member of the Winter Warriors. Live long, & strong Winter Warriors.
sassysugarbear.tripawds.com
07/26/2006 - Sassy earned her wings 08/20/2013
05/04/2006 - Bosch, Sassy's pal, earned his wings 03/29/19 fought cancer for 4 months.
"You aren't doing it TO her, you are doing it FOR her. Give her a chance at life."
Wow...reading the story of Dutch and James brought tears to my eyes. I can relate completely to the agony of James in losing Dutch as I'm sure we all can. I liked 2 quotes from the article:
"Like our own story, a dog’s story ends. Just much, much too soon. We know that, yet we repeatedly subject ourselves to this wrenching pain. Why? I suspect there’s no shared answer, but there is a shared lesson. We must measure life not in loss but in experience. Through our relationship with dogs we experience not just man’s best friend. We also experience man’s best quality – unconditional, selfless love."
And....
"As I’ve said before, a dog can’t change the world but they can change your world. And if each of us can pass along even a fraction of the unmitigated, world changing love we receive from our dogs? Maybe we can see about that whole changing the world thing."
I think there's nothing truer than these 2 statements. They just really touched my heart.
Thanks for sharing this Michelle.
Sahana and her Angel Leland
November 17, 2009 - June 30, 2014
May you finally be healthy and running free at the Rainbow Bridge. Until we meet again my sweet boy!
LOVE IT....
Thank you for sharing!
Christine.. with Franklin in her heart♥
Franklin, he was the Happiest Dog on Three Legs! Diagnosed 09/26/2012 with Osteosarcoma, amputated 12/4/2012. Had a wonderful 5 1/2 months painfree until he ran for the Bridge on 5/15/2013. Always in my heart, and always a guardian angel of my pack... You can follow his Tripawd Adventures, before and after, in my blog, Frank'n'Farter!
So many truths and so well written. It made me smile.
I had asked the hub-a-dub, after Harmony passed, why do we put ourselves through this kind of heartbreak. He didn't know the answer, but I'm sure he knew in his heart.
This is a very eloquent conversation in the article. So much to be learned and felt.
Harmony became a Tripawd on 10/21/14 (MCT). She left us way too soon on 11/1/14.
"We miss you so much; our love, our heart, our Harmony."
- Pam, Ron and Melody, Meesha, Doublestuff and Mariah Carey
Awwww Michelle! You are ALWAYS so thoughtful!
Okay....I havenw even read it yet.....I've just read the replies here....a d I'm already cying! Think I'll have to put it off for later!
I can tell you this though....just reading the two quotes LELAND AND SAHANA highlighted.....BEAUTIFUL....SPOT ON!!!!!
Love you!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
Thanks for sharing it!
This hit home on so many levels, the states traveled, the cancer (hemagiosarcoma diagnosis) the partnership (just the two of them)... my heart aches daily for Shelby - even with Jasper in my life.
This statement resonated with me: No one wants to believe it and no one in my outside world wants to accept it but it is the truth. I am forever, irrevocably changed ... not in a bad way but I am definitely different. I don't have that same 'zest' or 'sparkle' and that is normal and OK.
"When Dutch died, so did the some of the best parts of James. But before Dutch died, he gave all of the best parts of himself to James. It’s a painful trade but it’s one James, I and you never regret."
I've said this before - I now look at Jasper w/an 'expiration date' ... it's hard not to. I love her and care for her, obviously, but there is something to be said for your first true love, your heart dog, soul mate... it is a pain that resides forever and as I have read here before, it is indeed the price you pay for loving so hard.
Thank you for sharing Michelle.
Shelby Lynne; Jack Russell/Shiba Inu mix. Proud member of the April Angels of 2014.
October 15, 2000 to April 8, 2014
Our story: Broke rear leg in June 2013 - non-conclusive results for cancer so leg was plated and pinned. Enlarged spleen in September 2013 and had it removed and was diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma and started chemotherapy. Became a Tripawd January 8th, 2014 and definitive Hemangiosarcoma diagnosis. Three major surgeries in 7 months and Shelby took them all like a champ only to lose her battle to cancer in her brain. We had 8 amazing extra months together and no regrets. #shelbystrong #loveofmylife
Thank you for sharing this, Michelle......I came close to not being able to finish reading it due to over-sized sobs....like Alison, the ugly word "hemangiosarcoma" runs blood-curdling chills up and down my neck and back....I also love the part of the story Alison quoted, and completely understand the feelings; I lost a big part of myself when Polly died, and Alison nailed that part of new feelings as well......"I am forever, irrevocably changed"......James held his wonderful pup for the first time in July 2004, the same exact month my Polly was born, that warmed my heart....I miss my girl....in fact, today, I miss all my girls....
Love to all,
Bonnie & Angel Polly :'(
Michelle, thank you for posting this. I'm not on FB and would have missed an eloquent and beautiful tribute.
-Liz and Angel Roxie Roo
Geez...I just read the quote Alison pulled out....STILL have not read it yet.......jjst not quite up for sobbing HYSTERICALLY!!!I do know this fella James is DEFINITELY tuned into the heart of a dog.
Okay...gonna breakdown and read the whole thing.......
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
Michelle,
You always post wonderful things. For all of us that have pets we understand these feelings and emotions. There has never been a dog in our lives that haven't brought enormous unconditional love and enrichment to us. They leave deep paw prints and I think they do his to guide us to be better. They remind us how short and fragile time is and you really have to make it count.
Esther and her Angel Snoop
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