It has been a long night and I can say I have been up all night being unable to sleep. Last night I was heading out to the store after the kids were supposed to be in bed already. That is when I saw it, there was our dog lying in the middle of the road having just been hit by a car.
Now, my first thought, is that couldn't have been our dog, our dog is in our backyard. So, I called my wife, did a quick u-turn and blocked traffic, just as my wife came out to the road as we both realized yes, this was our dog.
As I picked up the dog and carried back home leaving my wife in tears to take the truck back home, we both realized we had children inside that we had to break the news to that their puppy was no longer with us.
As open as I am online, one thing I have always had a problem with is grief and anger. I tend to bottle them up and not show them on the outside, I realize this is not a healthy thing to do, but unfortunately my oldest daughter is like me and also bottled up her emotions not wanting to cry in front of my very distraught son and my 4 year old daughter.
I wish I could take the pain away that I have caused telling them their beloved puppy is gone and replace them with the great memories that had why the dog was here and show them that the dog is now in a better place chasing a ball or digging in the sand 24/7 now.
But, I can't and explaining to a 4 year old death is a lot harder than I thought it was, because she now wants to know when Midge is coming back.
My daughter has written about Midge on Activerain as a guest blogger with her first guest post and you can read about that and then there was the post about the night we brought the Midge home here.
Later today or tomorrow I will be letting my daughter take over my blog again so she write about her puppy and I hopefully by putting her words online she can grieve in her own way and hopefully have some of those happy memories shine though.
We will miss you Midge, you were a great dog! August 2007-January 2009
Todd Clark and the Friendly Home Team
Knipe Realty
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Todd...
I am so sorry for your entire family. Our dogs become so much a part of our lives that the loss of them hurts so bad.
About a year or so ago I finally had to call a Vet and have Brutas Tutas, my German Sheperd K9, put down. The poor dog had been shot with 22 Bird Shot the year before. One of the pellets was embedded in his spine. The Vet couldn't remove it without causing further damage. Brutas enjoyed the last year of his life with me being his Mother, His Friend and His Nurse. He finally laid down one day and could not stand back up. The very moment he tried to stand he looked at me and told me he'd lost his joy. It was time. I had no idea how his loss would effect me. Like you I bottle up those emotions. To this very day I miss my woman's best friend. I miss him terribly. I hope my Brutas is in heaven. If he is, I'll be seeing him again.
My condolences to you and your family. Nothing I say can ease the pain of this loss. Time heals all wounds, not words.
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