We have several dogs. Last night the dog that ds' grandfather gave him about 9 years ago got hit by a car. Aaron is just heartbroken. Today is going to be a really hard day for him. And to top it all off, one of dh's aunts died Monday and her funeral is today. Now this is part of his mom's family and we are not close to this bunch. Ds was asked to be an altar server. A little history on the altar server thing. Our two oldest were servers but by the time Aaron was old enough the other two were pretty much past that the age to serve and I just didn't force the issue with Aaron. Now I have talked him into helping serve for the funeral (hoping he would decide he'd like to serve occasionally for weekend Mass or at least be able to help out at a funeral in a pinch - it's sometimes hard to find kids that can leave school to serve). Now I know after Weasel dying last night he is really, really gonna so not want to have to deal with this funeral thing today but it's too late to back out. Ann
Ann, my thoughts will be with your family today. I know when you lose a best friend (like your dog) that is what I call them, it hurts. I have lost a few, one time when I lost my first dog I thought the world was going to end. I hurted so bad. Give, that boy a few hugs today, let him know you are so proud of him for working at funeral today for his aunt. Also, let him talk about the dog, thats the best kind of meds. out there. Heres a hug (((())))) for you all.
Tell Aaron how sorry I am about his dog. When my oldest lost his first dog to old age, he was so heartbroken he wouldn't get out of the bed. He cried for hours and thankfully it had snowed and school was canceled the next day. He could never have made it at school that day. All he would say was he wanted Jimbo back. I think he was eight at the time and the dog had been a birthday present for his 2nd birthday. My sister got the dog at the pound and he was the greatest. Tell your son my Matthew is 33 and still remembers the greatest dog he ever had. I will pray for your family during this funeral and loss of your pet. Beth
Oh, that's so sad! We will pray for your son! Maybe he needs to get one of Brenda's puppies! I know it wouldn't be the same, but in a few weeks, if he got another dog, it might help ease the pain! Let him know we're thinking of him, give him a hug from me! I hope he can do okay at the funeral today!
We have still have 3 dogs so we're not dogless. This one just happened to be the one his grandpa gave to him when he was just little and he named him Weasel. I know he's brokenhearted and there's nothing I can do to help him not hurt. I know though that he probably is going to want to get another dog cause he's always talking about wanting another puppy. Now it's gonna be harder to tell him no we've got enough dogs now that one's missing. Ann
So sorry for your loss of Weasel and your DH's aunt. Maybe if you tell him about the Rainbow Bridge he will feel a little better. I hope your DS gets through all of this OK. http://rainbowsbridge.com/Poem.htm
I'm so sorry... Sometimes things like this just seem to come all at once, making hard things that much harder.
Poor thing, I feel for him. I'm sorry for his loss. I know the day Tilly passes, Ems is really going to be heart broken. She is a big part of our family and goes everywhere we go. She sleeps in Emma's bed or in her doggy canopy bed. She rides on the tractor with Ems and Handsome and loves the wheel barrel. We tease that she is Emma's little sister. Ems has trained her to stay on the swing as she pushes her. It is so funny because Ems will put her on one side of the Whirly Twirl and she gets on the other side and the dog spins around with Ems. What is funny is her ears are so long that they go to the side when they ride. I love our animals. They are such a blessing of joy. I hope your boy feels better soon. Patty
Thanks everyone for the kind thoughts. I've gotten him to get ready to go to the aunt's funeral. He's been pretty quite and I can tell his eyes are kind of puffy. He did ask me if I talked to one of his friend's mom about where they get little markers for their dogs that have died. If all else fails I can talk to a funeral home director I know and probably get something from him. Ann
I know this might seem like a weird place, but I saw in once of those magazines you get with all the little junk in them like Lilian Vernon or the other one Drake something, plastic pet headstones and little plastic clear markers to put a picture in.
My moms dog and my dads brother both died at the same time about a year ago. My mom was grieving her dog while my dad was grieving his brother. She said that the funeral helped her alot to get through it. Maybe it will help your son. It's still very painful. I'm very sorry for his loss.
It's been pretty sad around here. DH happened to remember that yesterday was the 6th anniversary of the day his dad died (the same grandpa that gave Aaron the dog). One of the other dogs came in awhile ago and you could see him looking for Weasel. Aaron did ok serving the funeral other than getting too hot at one point and having to go into the sacristy so he could stand at the door and cool off. Ann
I think I have seen the pet headstones in Lillian Vernon and ABC distributing......so sorryfor your loss. I know it hurts so ! I love our little doggy so much that I cannot think that something may happen one day. I know dd would be devistated if something did.......:cry:
Poor guy!!! We're big dog lovers in this family, too! Tell him how proud you are of him for serving the funeral. We had to put down one family dog. Mom had a really hard time. Her mother was in a nursing home at the time, and I think she was thinking of Grandma. My brother in Texas had told Mom that she wasn't to put it down. I called, and had a talk with him. I explained how bad the dog had gotten, and how difficult it was for Mom and he wasn't to give her ANY grief over the decision. To his credit, he accepted it and never said a word to her about it!
Ann, I am so sorry to hear about the family's pet. I know that it is hard to lose one that you are close to. My dog that I had for 10 years was my baby before my kids came along. She filled such a void for me while we were trying to work out fertility probs. My dh left her out one day by accident while we were away from the house and she was killed by a pit bull. I still miss her lots. We buried her in the yard and planted lots of flower bulbs on her grave and my dh wood burned a tombstone. I have tried to adopt other dogs but none can replace her so I stopped trying. I think the Lord had sent her to me to make it through my years without kids and she had filled her purpose here on earth. Let your ds know that we are all praying for him. Time and prayer are really the best meds. Leah
