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Originally Posted by lisaly  Sheila, I am so sorry that you are going through so much heartache. I pray each day that you will feel better, get stronger, and that your heart will heal, too. It has been a long time since I lost my beloveds Kiwi and Gracie within four months of each other. Time has erased some of the pain, but it still hurts. I lost their sister, Ashley, close to her seventeenth birthday in June 2010. I will always miss them, and I know the pain will never go away fully, but the most powerful emotion that I feel now for them and the little Yorkie I had before them is an overwhelming love and happiness from having them in our life and forever in our hearts. We were so lonely and empty without a little one in our lives for almost two years. Katie has been with us since Mothers Day 2012, and she has brought so much life back to our lives. We simply adore her. One little one can never replace another, but the heart expands again and is capable of loving so fully again. I hope another little one can bring you happiness and that your health improves. |
Lisa,
Sheila asked me to thank you. She said the pain of losing our girls, is a pain that never goes away. It's a pain that you just learn to live with each day.
Each "1st" without the girls, is so hard on her.
She asked me to tell you, that she is so sorry that you lost your precious Kiwi and Gracie within 4 months of each other. And then, to lose their sister Ashley. She said it has been hard enough, losing Sydney and Kia, two years apart.
We did get another Yorkie in September, but he had health issues we couldn't manage, with Sheila's health issues. The breeder has promised her another puppy later this year.
He was actually easing some of her emotional pain, but we expected Sheila to have surgery and be in the hospital a very long time, and a long recovery at home....when she dropped down to 70#s, the surgeon said, "No surgery".
Our house is far too empty without our girls. So, I am hoping the breeder will have a puppy for Sheila, soon.
You're right, another puppy can't replace the ones we have lost, but they each have their own personalities, and Sheila truly loved the puppy I took back to the breeder. She cried so hard, the day I was getting ready to take him back, pleading with me, "Does he really have to go back?" If I had known, that the surgeon would refuse to do the surgery, I wouldn't have taken him back. I've only made it worse for her.
But I know she will love another. We love them all, just differently.
I'm happy to hear that you got little Katie. And she has eased the lonliness.
We've had Yorkies, 30 of the almost 40 years we have been married.
Rich