Spring Bummers

[Dancing Fire]

JewelFreak, sorry for your losses,happy to see you posting again.

 

[missy]

Laurie, I am so very sorry for the loss of your beautiful friend Cassia and your loving and loyal companion Buck. What you wrote for Cassia's memorial service is truly beautiful. I also love what you said about Buck's heart being next to yours-what a comforting and lovely thought. My heart goes out to you and all the suffering and pain you have endured losing your two special friends. Sending you hugs and love.

 

[JewelFreak]

Thank you, everybody who wrote such lovely & comforting thoughts, Missy, DF, MZ (you're right about everything), Stargurl, Lulu, Minou (so are you), Andelain, Freke, Junebug, NEL (I know you've been through it!), Canuk-gal, Tyty, LJL, Snicklefritz, Yssie, Haven, Deco, TP, Tigian, Matata, Zoe, Armywife, DS, Stacy, VRB, & AGBF. Honestly, you do make me feel much better! Hugs to all of you.

I think most of us truly connect heart to heart with only a few, and to have those presences in our lives is a gift we should never stop being thankful for. I do realize how very lucky I've been to have those close friends in my life, as well as others who went earlier. I am also hugely grateful to have been able to give the most I was capable of to those friends -- in other words, I hope I was as good to them as they were to me. My theory is that Love, once created, never can be destroyed -- the only thing too strong for Time -- and that that created by others eddies around to be absorbed & used by any of us if we open ourselves to it.

Deb, I don't know how you made it through those tragedies all at once. Evidence of the strong, grounded, & generous human you are. Hugs & love back at ya.

Lulu, my heart goes out to you too, what a lot to deal with. I hope you're recovering okay. Best thoughts for you from here.

In a speech recently Queen Elizabeth -- a wise old girl who's been through her own pain -- said, "Grief is the price we pay for love." Perfectly put. It's a steep cost, but somehow we are always ready to pony up again -- our burden and our best gift.

I do love you all! On to happier times!

--- Laurie

 

[bright ice]

I am so very sorry for the losses in your life. I hope happier times are ahead, Love and Hugs your way!

 

[movie zombie]

........I think most of us truly connect heart to heart with only a few, and to have those presences in our lives is a gift we should never stop being thankful for. I do realize how very lucky I've been to have those close friends in my life, as well as others who went earlier. I am also hugely grateful to have been able to give the most I was capable of to those friends -- in other words, I hope I was as good to them as they were to me. My theory is that Love, once created, never can be destroyed -- the only thing too strong for Time -- and that that created by others eddies around to be absorbed & used by any of us if we open ourselves to it.........In a speech recently Queen Elizabeth -- a wise old girl who's been through her own pain -- said, "Grief is the price we pay for love." Perfectly put. It's a steep cost, but somehow we are always ready to pony up again -- our burden and our best gift.

I do love you all! On to happier times!

--- Laurie

so very very very true, Jewel. and i believe that you did give or you would not have received.

yes, indeed: On to happier Times!

 

[LJL]

JF - We held Justice down and furminated him for about 40 minutes today. He talked and warbled and rolled over and over - put his feet in the air and nibbled at my hand that held the brush. As I enjoyed one of the many silly moments of husky-ownership, I thought of you and your beautiful Buck.



I hope you are well - and still somehow finding a way to enjoy the memories, despite the losses.


This is a picture of the trash afterwards, I am sure it is a familiar sight

 

[JewelFreak]

Ha, LJL! Looks very familiar! Good for you for not shaving him -- very bad for dogs in hot weather. I've noticed your avatar -- tell me more about Justice. Pretty boy. I still have one Siberian, Charlie (real name is Charlotte -- she's a girl), who is 8 yrs. going on 6 months. Has no idea she's not still a puppy. I mentioned to DH a few hrs ago that he has to help me rake her off. She's very good, stands quietly on the grooming table, mostly because it scares her to be up that high. Buck was AWFUL! Warbles would have made me ecstatic! He struggled & growfed & wooed & made it ten times worse for himself & take ten times longer. My first Siberian, 20 yrs ago, howled & screeched & wooed so loudly I was always afraid somebody in the neighborhood would call the SPCA -- sounded like we were skinning her alive.

I'm sure all the racket isn't from pain; it doesn't hurt. It's more of "I get to say what we do! I didn't say you could do this to me!!!" Don't you think? Life with Siberians is never boring, as you say! One reason I'm so passionately in love with the breed -- you never know what you're going to get from one minute to the next. Most people can't take it, but I love the challenge.

Thanks for thinking of Bucky & me. Missing him every minute of every hour of every day. But that's the price of loving him in the first place, and I'm willing to pay it for the privilege.

This is Charlie:



How about a pic of Justice?

--- Laurie

 

[LJL]

We wont shave them. I would feel horrible.... the backyard is also covered in fur - like something got attacked

Justice is almost one year old - his bday is July 27th. His mother, Liberty is almost three years old and had him as a litter of 5. We have Liberty (she was SO and I's first dog together) and the five pups live in 4 different states! My mother and stepfather have one, SO's parents have another...

Liberty became an old lady after she was a mom, she is dainty and careful about everything. Justice is a MESS - he is still a puppy in spirit if not in size (~50 lbs and SO MUCH FUR), loves to jump on your lap, lay on your head, all the outrageous stuff. Liberty will tolerate brushing, Justice will tolerate NOTHING. We used to clip both of their nails but now we just take them in and let the poor Petco lady deal with Justice yelling and screeching. And youre right- it DOESNT hurt, at least not very much - Justice will cry while I am not even brushing! He hates doing something he didnt choose to do himself He has the most outrageous fur and it gets matted at all his lay-down points (his elbows, armpits, and butt) so his defense strategy on being de-tangled is just to plop down and hide all those places. Then he talks indignantly because hes over it.

I've posted pics of my babies on the boards before but I will get you some new ones Justice had such a serious sad look on his face the other day.. this in my phone background right now (and my facebook cover pic, etc etc)



And this is Liberty, his momma - ever the lady!



Oops, Justice just pawed at my SO - guess its potty time!

ETA: Charlie is SO intense. Look at those eyes!

 

[webdiva]

Laurie (JF) - I read this the other night on my phone and it's the first chance I got to actually post. It made me tear up, especially because we love our own siberians so much. They really do touch your heart in a very different way, don't they? Maybe because they're so difficult at times that you have to really, really love them to put up with it. This house was not a home without siberians in it!

Charlie is gorgeous! She reminds me of our own girl Frosti, similar markings and those cute little ears!

I can't imagine how you feel with your two recent losses and I hope it gets better. When my dad passed last summer, I found myself pulled into rescuing dogs (both our dogs are rescued from a local siberian rescue) - and remembering his love for our first siberian made me feel like I was bringing his spirit alive with each life I saved. I broke down in tears when I picked up the first one from the shelter because I felt his spirit with us. It still makes me tear up right now to think about it.

 

[Enerchi]

Oh you poor thing, Laurie/JF!!! I am just reading this thread now. I'm so VERY sorry for all the heart ache you have just experienced! What a painful past few weeks/months... you're a pillar of strength to be moving on.

I have only lost my grandmother, and there is not a day goes by that I don't still think about her. She was so kind and generous and loving. There is nothing but warmth and fondness when I think of her and what I'd give just to hear her say, "oh, Honey..." and then go on about how bright or clever or smart or talented I was about the silliest things! Cassia probably had that very same effect on you - you just felt like a million bucks in her presence! I wish you healing for that big hole in your heart....

And to lose your precious Buck at the same time - too heartbreaking! We had to put down our first dog, several years ago now, but I can still remember those last days and being there at the end. A pet gives such unconditional love, to be with out that, feels so empty. I'm tearing up now, just thinking of BOTH my grandmother and Ollie

Know that we are here for you and hope that you are doing well.

 

[iLander]

I'm sorry to just now be checking in and reading all this JF.

I send you peace and courage, strength and hugs.

Your friend sounds like a wonderful person, and the universe just doesn't make sense when stuff like that happens. Ditto for your sweet pup.

Everyone else was so eloquent, especially you and all your beautiful writing.

I can only offer this: my big, goofy, cheer-you-up-smile.