A week after Velveteen passed, I finally started to clean up her space. It had been hard to do anything right afterwards. My SO had my step daughter stay out of the living room, because the whole thing had my emotions raw and I was really sensitive. Her computer is in our living room andContinue reading “Picking Up the Pieces, Moving On”
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Sun Coming Up at the Funeral at Dawn
Velveteen’s funeral wasn’t quite at Dawn. We took my Step Daughter to school then came back to the house to put her to rest. (With the posts taking place a few days ago… My today is Friday, but this should post on Sunday.) My SO helped me dig the hole. We have a small hillContinue reading “Sun Coming Up at the Funeral at Dawn”
Rainbow Bridge
Yesterday afternoon while I was tweaking my Sleepless post, my step daughter came running to our room to say that Velveteen wasn’t moving. She was cold. She wasn’t blinking. She wouldn’t take the carrot my step daughter had brought her. That’s always a bad sign. My food motivated rabbit wasn’t taking food? I found herContinue reading “Rainbow Bridge”
Mango, the Bird, not the Fruit
I can’t even remember the topic I had been considering to use today. Grief always has a way of washing away any coherent thought. When pets pass away, it’s always the worst. I feel like our sweet companions touch our hearts so strongly despite their short time on this Earth. Mango was 11 years oldContinue reading “Mango, the Bird, not the Fruit”
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