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I miss you...I love you...A thread to talk to your Angels at the Bridge

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#1 · (Edited)
I'm having a hard time finding an outlet to talk to about my girl. People are understanding around me but they don't want to keep hearing about Magic all time. (And I'm not talking about GRF.) But what I really want and need is to just talk to her, and put into words whenever I need to, how I felt, how I feel, how I miss her. I want to share what is going on in our life now as I would if she were standing by my side. I know there are countless others out there who are grieving the loss of their babies and are afraid that they will be forgotten in the hustle and bustle of life.

So with this thread please feel free to talk directly to your babies, tell them what you need to tell them as many times and as often as you need to. And know that so many of us feel this with you. I hope this provides many of us with some healing and a place to be heard whenever we need it.
 
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Happy Birthday Sandie, I hope you are having a great time with all your new friends on this your 13th birthday. I miss you so much, its now 4 months since we said goodbye. Life has changed so much, I hate being at home, the house seems so empty without you. I hate Saturdays, I find myself re living that awfull Saturday in April when we said goodbye.

The pain I feel is not getting any better, I shead tears for you every day. I was so proud of you Sandie.

I love and miss you so much Sandie.
 
#185 ·
Snobear and Smooch

My Sweet Snobear and Smooch:

Dad and I miss you everyday.

Take good care of one another at the Rainbow Bridge!!

We will all be together again, someday!!

Snobear and Smooch
 

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#186 · (Edited)
My Sweet Katie
Its been a long and hard summer without you. I have been looking for another Golden for Lilly, she misses playing with you. Its been hard and I haven't been able to get another dog. Im looking at either a rescuing a young Golden or a puppy. I miss you sleeping under my bed at night and the way you use to run around the pool edge. Im still shedding tears over you, I know you won't want me to be sad and Im really trying not to be. I miss you waking me up in the middle of the night. Oh what I would give to have one more day with you. Run free and sleep softly at the bridge with all of the other Goldens. I hope you have learned to share your tennis balls and you have quit peeling the covers off of them. I have had four Goldens in my life and for some reason you sure have been the hardest to get over having to let you go. I miss pinching that big fat nose of yours. I think of you every day. You know where we kept your collar in the garage I finally moved your collar and hung it over your paw print and the poem the vet gave me after we lost you. I couldn't bring myself to move it before now. Thank You for being my heart dog and giving me the love that you so freely gave me over the nine years we had with each other. You are one special Golden. Its hard to believe that Oct 24th is going to be one year since we lost you, never thought I would be without two Goldens for that long. I think its time to have another Golden in our house to help ease the pain.

Love Dad
 
#187 ·
"You are just too good to be true", every time it plays on a radio, I think of it as Katie's song.
Never thought it is possible to think about someone every day for so long time, but it is. Never thought you can miss someone so much but you can. Never thought you could have so many tears cried for someone who left but you could. Never thought when you say someone "I am so sorry" you can feel it so deeply in your heart, but you can. How a little I knew.
Mike, I am so sorry.

 
#190 ·
Hello Bailey~
We said good-bye to your friend yesterday. He lived a long and full life and continued taking care of his own two-legged family. I've been thinking about your so much, hurting for his mom especially, and wishing I could see you again. I think about how you were an only dog for so long, and now Bello is, too. He's sleeping at my feet, tired from Doggy Day Care :) He turned one in May. He slept on my bed all night last night, which made me so happy but miss you even more. It wouldn't surprise me if you had something to do with that. Please look for your friend at the bridge and go run and play with him, he'll be so happy to see you. I love you and I miss you boy~
 
#192 ·
My Dear Katie
We lost you a year ago in Oct, you know how hard it has been for me. Im not sure why losing you has been so tough, as you know we lost two other Goldens in the past Carmel and of course our Faith who was a rescue at the age of three. They all hurt when we lost them, maybe it was because we got you and Lilly right after we lost those two. In any case we have waited to get a new puppy after losing you and the pain never got any better. Yesterday we decided to get a new girl, she is coming from Asoro's Goldens up north. Im sure some of your friends at the bridge have come from Asoro's. They seem to be great dogs, time will tell. This new girl will be in your honor. Thank You for all the love and smile's you shared with me over the years. Im hoping that maybe the tears will slow down now. After I lost you the tears kinda slowed down after a month or so but this summer has been very hard on Dad. It will good to hear the little pitter patter of puppy paws again and of course Lilly sure misses have a playmate. I love you and miss you Katie. We will talk soon I'm sure of that.

Love Dad
 
#193 ·
I'm sure Katie would approve. it has been almost 18 months since my girl Magic had to leave us. I feel your pain. It really did help bringing Maverick into our lives to join Jazz who was missing her best friend. Looking forward to pictures of the new addition.
 
#198 ·
It's been a year and half since you were with us Taz. A day hasn't gone by that we haven't missed you, thought about you, and wished you were still with us.

Today is your 17th Birthday, wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday big guy. We love you and miss you more than you'll ever know.

We've been taking your little sister and brother- Roxy and Remy, down to the beach to swim a lot this summer. I always think about you when we're there. You so loved going to the beach for a swim. I know you're with us too, I can feel you.

Hope today is a wonderful day for you filled with lots of Tennis balls.

Love you,
Mom and Dad
 

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#201 ·
Happy Birthday sweet Taz. I hope it is a good one.
 
#203 ·
Happy 9th Birthday sweet Sienna. I remember you on Mondays.
 
#204 ·
Thanks Buddy's Mom.
That means so much.

We were at the community booth at Oriole stadium this week and had Jillian and Olivia with us. One of the ushers came over to say hi to the dogs.
He quietly leaned over and said "I like all dogs, but Sienna was always my favorite".
I was so touched.
This was coming from a man I only saw at baseball games over the past 3-4 years.
I didn't know he even remembered her.
 
#205 ·
Some dogs as some people have a charisma, you do not have to spend so much time with them but they make a huge impact on you. Glad I knew your girl, and there are a few other dogs, thru this forum. You are blessed you had her.
 
#206 ·
Gromit it has been almost 3 weeks since we had to help you cross the bridge. I pray you are happily playing and running free. We miss you so very much. Asia looks for you every morning and that makes me so sad. We have your ashes now and will be spreading them around in all of the places you loved to run.Asia will go with us to help us remember every spot. Sleep softly Grommie man.
 
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My dear sweet Sadie.....it has been 2 days since you left us and i think these 2 days have been the saddest of my life. You were taken way to early from us, we had plans for you to be a part of family until the kids were well into their teen years. Instead, you were taken from us at the tender age of 1 and a half. I am sorry sweet girl. Sorry if you gave us signs of your illness that we didn't pick up on. Sorry that I wasn't home to be with you as you crossed over the rainbow bridge and I'm sorry that you can't be here with us now.

You had the patience of a saint sweet girl. I don't know of many dogs that would sit quietly while a 4 year old put eyeshadow and blush on them. I will never forget seeing you in that makeup. You never protested when Emily put bows in your hair either.

Having a Golden Retriever was always a dream on mine but to have that Golden Retriever be as sweet and loving as you is something that I could never even have thought possible.

I hope we brought you even half as much joy as you brought us.

I will never take my socks off without thinking of you and how I always knew that within 5 mins you would be walking around with the socks in your mouth.

I will miss you greeting me at the door with a shoe and I will miss tripping over you in the kitchen while I cooked.

Thank you sweet girl for choosing us to be your family for your too short of life. We are truly honored!

Run free sweet girl, run free.

I will always love you.
 
#214 ·
My heart goes out to you over losing Sadie. She was so very young.

Our Goldie is epileptic and I have not visited this sad thread before, but I have recently lost my lab suddenly, and was looking for support . Our furbabies are very much a part of our lives and losing them is so heartbreaking.

Some of the posts have had me in tears, - sometimes it is better to cry. Some of them have put my feelings into beautiful words which I cannot express myself. Throughout them all the love for our furbabies, whether they be goldies or any other breed, shines through.

Let them all play happily in open fields until we meet them again.
 
#215 ·
Jesse,

Hey stinky. It's been two months since we had to let you go. I hope your making lots of friends and having a good time. I think about you every day at the Rainbow Bridge. I try to picture you there wrestling with some little dog. You always liked to play with someone a little smaller than you for some reason. I think the big dogs scared you. Sometimes I think I can't wait to get there so I can kiss your little head again. But I think, and I hope, I have a lot more living to do before that happens. I can't wait to see you again though. I found a big ol' tuft of your hair out by the birdseed bins from one of the last times I combed you out. I was surprised it was still there, but I sat there and smelled it and rubbed it between my fingers. That beautiful coat of yours.

Listen, I've been thinking about you a lot the last couple of days. Fall is coming up and it was by far your favorite season. You know how much I love you and I would have done anything for you. I would give almost anything to have you back. Really. I just want you back. So much. You will always have my heart. You were my best friend, my confident, my partner in crime. My shadow. For those five years, you were the biggest part of my life. No dog will ever, ever replace you, and I will never try. That being said, I wanted to tell you before you looked down on us and saw something you didn't understand. We are bringing a puppy home soon. Dad thinks it's time, I hope it's time. I have no idea what to expect, but I will try very hard not to compare her to you. That's going to be extremely difficult since I have already had the perfect dog. Please try to understand that you have left a giant size whole in my life and heart that I need to try to repair, if just a little bit.

I love you so much and I can't wait to see you. In the meantime, please be very, very happy.

Mom
 
#217 ·
Hi Fozzie, it's Mom. It's been exactly two months today since you went to the Bridge. Dad, Zach and I all miss you very much. I know I've been talking to you a lot lately, but I've been having a hard time dealing with your loss. It really hit me hard when school started again, because we are not carpooling anymore, and I know you would have loved going for a ride every morning with me. My morning walks are so lonely, and it took me a month to even try to take one of our usual routes without bawling.

The house is so quiet and empty without you. We have been talking about whether we should get a puppy sometime in the future or go through a rescue. I hope you won't be upset with us for getting another one, you know you will always be my heart dog.

Everyone says this gets easier with time, I guess I am just not there yet. Just remember, we will always love and miss you. I hope you are having fun with your older brother Gallagher at the Bridge. Please come back and visit again sometime- I liked how you flopped down by the front door so both Dad and I heard it last time! :)

Love,

Mom


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