hi rose! i know how much your beautiful chiquita meant to you! you know i have been trying to deal with the loss of my precious little nika. when she first passed i knew that i would get another eventually but i never thought i would so soon. it was about 2 months and i brought pixie home. i had the same worry that i would try to compare them and even felt a little bit guilty bringing another baby in my life so soon. but then i realized that i would never compare nika. there will never be another nika. it was almost like nika guided me to my new little pixie. i also realized that zowi is 10 years old now and if i was going to get another puppy i would want her to be in good health to be able to handle a puppy in the house. plus zowi seemed so lost without another yorkie around to love and snuggle with. now that pixie is here she has brought so much comfort and happiness. there is still a hole in my heart from losing nika, especially because she was way too young to leave me. she will always have a very special place in my heart that no other will ever occupy. i think nika wanted me to have another little one. she wouldn't want me and zowi to be unhappy and pixie was rescued from a bad situation so it seemed so meant to be. i am glad that i got her and not someone who never had a yorkie or a dog before because she was adopted to me sick and i fear that if she didn't get the right home, she would've become very ill. i took her to her new dogtor about 15 hours after her adoption. thank goodness i did. she had coccidia, tapeworm, fleas, and kennel cough. i tell pixie about her sister all the time and it is never like pixie has taken nika's place. she is so special in her own ways and has made her own special place in my heart. she has her own cute little ways about her different than nikas but still melts my heart. they are each so unique and special in their own little ways. i still want my nika i still want her back to hold again and give me nose kisses. i wonder what it would be like having the 3 of them! nika's love and presence is all around me always, as chiquita's is for you. it feels like she is still with me and zowi and pixie. she has really brought so much joy to me and zowi. i feel nika wanted her to be here with us. she keeps us busy and i am happy that i did get her. no regrets. it's so comforting having another furbaby to hold even if it isn't the one we have lost and miss so much! here's a poem that might help you out. especially the last paragraph. i know chiquita wouldn't want her mommy sad and would want you to give your heart to another baby when your heart is ready and you will know when it is. you understand the deep love you shared with chiquita and another little baby would be so lucky to have you as its momma because you will again have that deep connection and love! call or text anytime keeping you in my thoughts & prayers! Chiquita's memory will live on forever!
A Message From Our Pets in Heaven
To have loved and then said farewell, is better than to have never loved at all.
For all of the times that you have stooped and touched my head, fed me my favorite treat and returned the love that I so unconditionally gave to you.
For the care that you gave to me so unselfishly.
For all of these things I am grateful and thankful.
I ask that you not grieve for the loss, but rejoice in the fact that we lived, loved and touched each others lives. My life was fuller because you were there, not as a master/owner, but as my FRIEND.
Today I am as I was in my youth. The grass is always green, butterflies flit among the flowers and the Sun shines gently down upon all of God's creatures.
I can run, jump, play and do all of the things that I did in my youth. There is no sickness, no aching joints and no regrets and no aging.
We await the arrival of our lifelong companions and know that togetherness is forever.
You live in our hearts as we do in yours. Companions such as you are so rare and unique.
Don't hold the love that you have within yourself. Give it to another like me and then I will live forever. For love never really dies, and you are loved and missed as surely as we are. |