THE LOSS OF LOVE…
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This is Reba….I know this isn’t the best shot, but it’s Reba…our Grand-dog…I grabbed it really quick when I visited my son and daughter-in-law in Montana just a month ago.
We had the chance to see our Montana kids yesterday….they had flown to Michigan, possibly to set down roots a WHOLE lot closer to home…only TWO hours away…instead of on the other side of the country……they called Saturday night and asked us to drive up to see them…we learned right away that the move wasn’t going to turn out, but it was SO GOOD just to lay eyes on them….
Later in the afternoon I learned that they had gotten a call the night before and Reba had run away from home. It had been a day and a half and she hadn’t returned …She has run away before, but always comes back…some dogs are just “runners”.
We left at the end of the afternoon and no call had come with word on Reba at that point…we got the call when we were almost back home….
Reba won’t be coming home, she was hit by a car.
Son and daughter-in-law won’t be home until two tomorrow morning…they will have waited since Friday to get back to reach Reba….
Reba was supposed to “retire” with us in the next few years….she was the sweetest thing….
Tears today, tears yesterday…I know there will be more…..Do you think people can feel virtual hugs??
The strangest thing….when I got out of the car, just after hanging up from talking with my son….church bells were ringing off in the distance.
So we mourn the loss of life ….the loss of love.
I am so sorry to read about your loss. We have lost one of our cats last July. He was hit by a car too. I know how painfully it must feel. Reba was a beautiful dog.
Hugs.
March 26, 2013 at 6:51 pm
Hugs to you….I’m so sorry to learn of the loss of your cat..we lost a cat that way too many years ago,…the heart hurts so much when something like that happens.
March 26, 2013 at 7:38 pm
Oh poor Reba and the family she leaves behind..I am sorry..Michelle
March 20, 2013 at 12:24 am
Thank you Michelle…a tough time for them, and the rest of us…..but at least they’re back in Montana now and can say goodbye.
March 20, 2013 at 1:03 pm
I’m crying, so sorry for everyone’s loss, beautiful dog. xoxo
March 19, 2013 at 2:46 pm
I understand about the crying….:(……Thank you for your sympathy..
My Son and Daughter-in-law flew home yesterday, and got home at 3:30 a.m.
It had to be such a hard homecoming….luckily, my Son can be home with
his wife today….
March 19, 2013 at 4:28 pm
no worse feeling than the absence of the greeting committee- hope they get another dog soon. xoxo
March 20, 2013 at 4:10 am
I hope so too…it would help a lot
xoxo
March 20, 2013 at 12:54 pm
It’s so sad to lose such a good friend!
March 19, 2013 at 1:28 am
Very, very…
March 19, 2013 at 1:51 am
Oh Suzanne, I am so very, very sorry. There are no words that I can say to take away your pain, but I wish I was there to give you a hug
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March 19, 2013 at 1:25 am
Thank you……tomorrow will be a better day….Son will be home and glad to be there at last. He can truly say goodbye to Reba then and I will feel better knowing that he is home at last.
March 19, 2013 at 1:53 am
So sorry for the loss of the beloved family pet. She was beautiful.
March 18, 2013 at 10:52 pm
Thank you Pat.
March 18, 2013 at 11:10 pm
Sad indeed, but I’m glad they know. It is awful when a pet simply disappears and one never gets to know what happened. ‘Runners’ like her balance the fun they get from wandering with the danger they put themselves into. I think they would regard it as a fair trade.
March 18, 2013 at 9:45 pm
I feel the same way and told my son the same…at least they know that she is not injured up on the mountain somewhere…or that no one found her and kept her.
March 18, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Oh this is so very sad to read, Suzanne. You must all be really devastated. Reba looks like she was a such a darling. Sending you hugs.
March 18, 2013 at 9:30 pm
Thank you so very much…..yes…devastated….if all has gone to plan, their plane has departed Michigan, back to Spokane Washington, and then a long three hour drive home,,,such a sad homecoming it will be.
March 18, 2013 at 10:12 pm
Been there and I’m very sorry for your family.
March 18, 2013 at 8:52 pm
As a child, I lost a dog this way. As an adult, a beloved cat…..now the grand-dog…the gamble that comes with owning and or just simply loving an animal.
March 18, 2013 at 10:18 pm
Better to have loved and lost….
March 18, 2013 at 10:20 pm
Yes……but…..those darn losses..
March 18, 2013 at 10:22 pm
It hurts a lot I know. I’ve lost several pets over the many years. Each time it hurts just like the first loss.
March 18, 2013 at 10:24 pm
My husband said that this hurts worse than when it has happened to our own pets….you know your child is hurting badly….and in this case, was the thing that you fear might someday happen to a pet. I’m sorry that you’ve experience this more than once..and you’re right…hurts just like the first loss..
March 18, 2013 at 10:26 pm
So sorry to hear of your loss. We’ve lost two pets to accidents with cars. Tears now, but memories forever
March 18, 2013 at 8:07 pm
SO sorry to hear of your losses…how very, very hard for you.
March 18, 2013 at 8:13 pm
Oh, I’m so very, very sorry. (Another blogger wrote this morning that her cat had been missing for a month. She kept hoping he would return, but he hasn’t.) My heart just aches for those who mourn the loss of a pet. Sending hugs to you!
March 18, 2013 at 6:38 pm
Thank you Dianna…..I told my son that it was possible that Reba would return….but it just wasn’t meant to be..Thank you for the hugs….
March 18, 2013 at 6:47 pm
It is a tragedy to loose such a wonderful dog. So sad. At least you have the memories. RIP Riba.
March 18, 2013 at 6:10 pm
RIP….
March 18, 2013 at 6:47 pm
I’m so sorry.
March 18, 2013 at 5:49 pm
Thank you.
March 18, 2013 at 6:48 pm
March 18, 2013 at 5:35 pm
March 18, 2013 at 6:48 pm
Aww i am so sorry to hear of your loss. i know how hard it was when my dog “Bruce” died, i was broken and it took a lot of healing. I was told by a Christian Sister that i would see him again and she read this verse to me:
Genesis 9:9-10(NIV)
“I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth.
I hope you find some comfort in this verse and I am praying for you and your family. God bless you.
March 18, 2013 at 5:30 pm
I’m so sorry to hear about “Bruce”. Such a huge loss…Thank you for the verse…I did find comfort in it….
March 18, 2013 at 6:50 pm
So sorry for your loss. Sending you a hug.
March 18, 2013 at 5:29 pm
Thank you…and now I know that a person can feel a virtual “hug”…
March 18, 2013 at 6:50 pm
((((((virtual hug)))) sweetie – pets are fur babies and very much an important part of the family. Take Care
March 18, 2013 at 5:23 pm
Thank so much…..thanks for the huge hug….I can still feel it….so strange, it seem like a person really CAN feel it…….yes, fur babies,,,,our babies.
March 18, 2013 at 6:51 pm
Sorry for your loss.It’s so sad to lost a friend.He seems me so kindly.
March 18, 2013 at 5:21 pm
It is sad, and very hard….a wonderful, wonderful dog.
March 18, 2013 at 6:53 pm
Oh I am so sorry. Of course people can feel virtual hugs – I am sending you one. It is such a sad thing, So sad. When the furred friends go, it is just as hard as when a human one does. Harder somehow, because everything is wordless and when there are no tails of ears or eyes to speak, to share, to know the loss – it’s terrible. I am very sad for you – & for Reba’s family. She has such a lovely face in the photo. Keep your loveing heart warm Keira xxx
March 18, 2013 at 5:14 pm
Thank you very much Keira…..thank you for the hug…and today, I have found out that you really do feel the virtual hugs and it helps…brings a few more tears, but they are necessary for saying goodbye.
March 18, 2013 at 6:54 pm
So very sorry for your family’s loss Suzanne…..hugs to all of you – the pain of loss seems almost unbearable sometimes but we of course go on and Reba will be watching over all of you from the Rainbow Bridge I’m quite sure……….
Pam (and Sammy)
March 18, 2013 at 5:13 pm
I know she will watch over her Mommy especially…..how could I have forgotten to mention that she saved Jessie’s life this summer…she fought a rattlesnake at Jessie’s feet and got two bites and lived through it…I’m going to add a small post right now….Take much, much, much care at camp…love to you all..
March 18, 2013 at 6:55 pm
People can definitely feel vurtual hugs, and I believe that dogs can, too. There–I just sent you one–did you feel it?
March 18, 2013 at 4:53 pm
I did……thank you
March 18, 2013 at 4:54 pm
Yes, people can definitely feel virtual hugs.
So so sorry. Reba was very lucky to know you and your family and feel their love.
March 18, 2013 at 4:45 pm
Thank you Guapo…..really, really, really, hoping my son and daughter-in-law can feel the hugs…hate being so far from them…….Reba will be SO missed.
March 18, 2013 at 4:47 pm
So sorry to hear about losing Reba.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
March 18, 2013 at 4:40 pm
Thank you..
March 18, 2013 at 4:41 pm
To loose an animal friend is just as hard as loosing a human friend… I hate it when one of my pets leaves earth, I feel robbed that they have left me alone to carry on… not fair… but then they say we will all meet up again… and on that I do set my hopes… he looked a lovely dog… sorry for your loss Suzanne… I send you a virtual HUG a big one… cry, it helps relieve the loss…
March 18, 2013 at 4:35 pm
Thank you Rob….and now, yes, with your kind words, I cry again. Thanks for the hug..
March 18, 2013 at 4:40 pm
So sorry for your loss. Reba looks like such a sweetie.
March 18, 2013 at 4:31 pm
She was the most gentle, loving dog..
March 18, 2013 at 4:33 pm
Oh dear how sad… I don’t know what to say, but I hope and wish Reba comes back again… I know something about dogs (and some others) they don’t want to show their loss to their owners and they escape to the far… My heart with you all. Love, nia
March 18, 2013 at 4:26 pm
I couldn’t even write it down on the blog….but I guess I should….she was hit by a car and killed. Some loving friends went and looked for her when my son couldn’t because he was all the way across the country..and they found her……
Thank you for your kind words nia….Suzanne
March 18, 2013 at 4:29 pm
I am so sorry dear Suzanne, so sad… in my heart I supposed he would have come back.
My thoughts and my heart with you all. I read in your next post, how adorable dog he was. Tears in my eyes now.
March 18, 2013 at 11:14 pm
I know…tears ….. In my heart, I wished the dog could have come home…but some things are not to be…thank you, nia..xoxoxoxoSuzanne
March 18, 2013 at 11:16 pm