Oh, I might as well... +Hugs+ x( I understand completely how that feels. You must have loved the poor thing so much...Letting go will be difficult, no questions about that.
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-snug- Thanks, Band. -love- I think my other budgie Nova is taking it harder than me... they grew up together. They were best friends. He was lingering over her dead body all fluffed up and gloomy when we noticed.
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As I've said earlier, I've been there, and I know it sucks. I'm sorry. =(
They always said to remember the good times you've had with someone you just lost. However, I find this only makes me sadder, because then there's the realization that the person I just had good times with is gone.
Thanks. -snug- I keep trying to forget about it, but everytime I walk downstairs to see Nova sitting alone and quiet on his perch, it hits me all over again. Mostly the unexpectedness, mind you. All creatures die... but there was just no warning. None whatsoever. -sigh-
I always say that to people. =] It does help some. At least... you can just appreciate that you knew them, you know? Gotta be optimistic... or you'll just be dragged down into the ultimate depression. I have enough things to worry about without being depressed. I'm just trying to convince myself that there was nothing I could have done. I mean, maybe if I'd known something was wrong... but I didn't. So... life goes on, I s'pose.
I'm sure there's little you could have done; death, especially in pets, usually comes unexpectedly if not drawn out by a long, obvious disease. As long as Rei was happy in her two years of her time on celestial Earth, that's all that really matters, in the end. =)
Life does go on. I have to grow very familiar with this concept; letting go of people and things from the past, especially 2 years ago March 21st.
Like I always say - and perhaps this is a bit pessimistic - Life is a tragedy; sometimes, you just have to live for the comic relief.
Yeah, I'm kinda glad that it wasn't a long, obvious disease or, well, just anything painful in general. The pet I've had in Calgary alone, one hamster died of wet tail, one hamster died of an eye infection that went to the brain, one hamster died of pregnancy, and five goldfish died of ich. I'm happy for Rei in that case, that she went as peacefully as she did, however unexpectedly. She died in the company of her best friend and not alone.
-nod- It's hard sometimes... I mean, sometimes I think... I have trouble letting go of my pets. If one of my best friends died? Or my family, even... I think I'd go insane. Quite literally. o o;
It's not pessimistic. It's just reality, and as a matter of fact, I completely agree with that phrase. It's all too true.
When my mom brought home my black lab, Barkley, 12 years ago, one of her friends said that we just brought home a little tragedy. My mom was perplexed, and she asked what she meant by that, and she replied that we'd all miss him to death once he was gone.
I guess these things just happen. And it never gets any easier. I guess the smartest thing to do, then, is live for the moment.
As far as losing a best friend... I've been there, but that's a story for another day.
There was an old poem that was on Sesame Street, and I really liked it. I still like it to this day.
When you see a rainbow, Look at it, okay?! Because before you know it, the rainbow goes away.
And when you see a sunset, Look at it, alright?! Because before you know it, it's dark! And then, it's night.
Sometimes things we love will come around and disappear. And all that we can do is be glad that they here.
Every living thing is a little tragedy, what counts is being able to see them as a big joy. It's silly though... 'cause in reality, we can miss someone who simply goes away, just the same as missing them in death. I miss my old dog Kayla just as much as I miss my deceased hamster Pierre. And yet Kayla is alive and warm somewhere while Pierre is just... gone.
I'll never stop having pets, no matter how much it breaks my heart to see each one go. People who miss out on having pets just because they fear the eventual heartbreak are silly. You can't live like that. Or what's the point of living at all? May as well be a hermit. And even then... you'll die one day. If you could, I'm sure you'd miss yourself.
You've lost a best friend before? =/ I'm sorry... but... if it makes you feel any better, you're really strong to have pulled through that. You obviously don't let it affect your attitude and stuff, 'cause you come across just fine, and that's good. If my best friend ever died... I would shut out the world and probably end up dying from depression. I've had dreams where she died before. I woke up crying from one once.
Yeah, I'm kinda glad that it wasn't a long, obvious disease or, well, just anything painful in general. The pet I've had in Calgary alone, one hamster died of wet tail, one hamster died of an eye infection that went to the brain, one hamster died of pregnancy, and five goldfish died of ich. I'm happy for Rei in that case, that she went as peacefully as she did, however unexpectedly. She died in the company of her best friend and not alone.
-nod- It's hard sometimes... I mean, sometimes I think... I have trouble letting go of my pets. If one of my best friends died? Or my family, even... I think I'd go insane. Quite literally. o o;
It's not pessimistic. It's just reality, and as a matter of fact, I completely agree with that phrase. It's all too true.
"Pets"? I prefer to consider them "companions", not "pets". It sounds too degrading.
As for your loss, I am truly sorry to hear such terrible news. But your companion has gone to a place where pain does not exist...and everyone has trouble letting their companions go. There was only one true moment where I actually cried for a companion of mine. Genuine tears and grief. Ah, but that is another tale to be told another time.
It is always nice to bring home a little ball of energy, but when their time is up...you just have to hang onto the memories you both shared.
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