Mandy's gone...

[dukedogsmom]

I thought you might enjoy seeing this again. This was February 2005. They are a sweet couple. Don't worry if you cry when you see it. I did.

[tikeyas_mom]

omg i am sooo sorry for your loss.. Mandy will be with you always in heart and spirit.. Im sure you gace her a really loving home and she'll be forever grateful.

[chocolatepuppy]

Thanks everyone, I take one day at a time, like I said the holidays will be very hard ..... Val, that's fine, I was just looking at that picture in my scrapbook a few days ago, didn't have it where I could post it. I'm sure Mandy and Duke have met and played together at the Rainbow Bridge.

[caseysmom]

That Valentine picture brought tears to my eyes...those two are deeply missed but what love they had, what doggie could ask for more.

[Dorothy39]

I thought I was doing so good. While getting out the Christmas decorations, your stocking with your name on it didn't bother me so much. But tonight when I took out your ornament with your name on it, well, all I can say is this Christmas is going to be hard.

I was doing pretty good myself, but~ among the decorations that I carefully stored from Christmas 2005, was a felt scarf given to Foxy Jean~ It was neatly placed within a zip-loc bag~ and her HAIR was still clinging to it~ What a Blessing

I knew Foxy Jean was not doing well, but I muscled up the courage to take a photo of her, wearing it, and sent it back to my daughter as soon at" it " arrived in the mail.

She looked up at me, while I snapped the camera~ and now, on Pet Talk, I have the " Sacred Blessing "of *Sharing* that Last Photo of her, with you.


This Christmas Holds Such Tenderness for me~( although, Bittersweet)


As though I can smell a Rose during Winter~

Just Hold onto me, My Friends~( This reply was a wee bit difficult, but necessary)

[dukedogsmom]

It's going to be a hard one for a lot of us. I kind of dread it.

[chocolatepuppy]

Dorothy, Foxy Jean sure was a beauty. Thank you for sharing her picture with her scarf. I'm sure it was difficult for you to post. {hugs} It seems to help me to 'let things out'
Yes Christmas will be bittersweet. My prelit tree has been up since last Sunday, no ornaments yet. This weekend I will get them up. It's not going to be easy, the puppy ornaments will be the worst. Sassy, Missy, Lacey and now Layla with her first Christmas must have a Christmas! Mandy will be here with us in spirit, I feel she is always near. So many memories, yes she will be with us. And Foxy Jean will still be with you this Christmas while Jackie has her first Christmas.
It is snowing, we have maybe 3" of snow on the ground. The puppy loves it, so did Mandy. Outside tonight, in the snow, I asked Mandy if it snows in heaven. I'm sure it will for her.
Yes, we will get through this season with fond memories of our RB pups and more memories will be made....

[dukedogsmom]

Now you've gone and made me have LES at work. But, not hard these days. I hope it snows in Heaven, too. Duke's never seen snow. I love it.

[chocolatepuppy]

Sorry Val {hugs} I'm sure it will snow for Duke too, he and Mandy can play in the snow, she will show him how. Sorry, this probably didn't help your LES. ...We're all going to get through this holiday season together.

[kallisto4529]

My husband and I cant even bring ourselves to get the christmas decorations out. We just decided this year to put up a small ceramic tree and not really do much, our heart's are just not in it. We can't even put ginger's meds up or do anything with her food dish yet, it still sits where she left it. I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and to all of our babies who have gone to the Rainbow Bridge, Merry Christmas, play free, be happy, but know you are forever in our hearts.

[cloverfdx]

Outside tonight, in the snow, I asked Mandy if it snows in heaven. I'm sure it will for her.

LES here aswell... i sure hope it will snow for both Mandy and Duke {{Hugs}}.

[buttercup132]

I havn't been back to this thread for a while. Coming back to it I'm in tears.

I'm not saying anyone else on PT's dogs aren't special but Mandy's death actually made me cry (I don't usually cry about things especially if someone died I didnt know in person)

But I really did love seeing Mandy and I love(ed) seeing her in your siggy and avatar. She was so cute and sweet.

In a weird way she reminds me of Thunder and I think thats what makes me most upset.

[chocolatepuppy]

The Christmas songs are killing me Mandy, I miss you so much...

*please don't use this picture without my permission, I'm very sensitive about Mandy*

[dukedogsmom]

I know how you feel. I'm sorry you're missing her so much. I know how much it hurts. A part of you will never stop missing her.

[Dorothy39]

That has to be * The Most Beautiful Picture of your Mandy * that I've ever seen!!!!

{{{{HUGS}}}} Chocolatepuppy!!!!!

We come to Pet Talk to be Nurtured~ To feel affirmation~To be Acknowleged ~ and to Express Our Basic Need for a Community of People who Share our Same Ideals~

In Turn, we receive The Comfort that we Crave , and We Become the Nurturers~ Astounding, isn't it!!!!

Friendship Doubles our Joys and Divides our Griefs~

More {{{HUGS}}} for You during This Christmas Season.