It’s been hard since SUGAR passed away …
I tried to hide my sadness, but your constant support and love has given me strength. SUGAR’s unexpected passing was a heartbreaking loss. Many told me that it will get a little easier with the passage of time …
The saddest moment is when the one who gave you the best memories …
Becomes A Memory
I received many cards and gifts … I’m just starting to read them. I’m still going through email messages and blog posts. It’s hard for me to read them … I’m touched that so many of you loved SUGAR too. Lots of Golden Thanks.
Special Thanks to Dog Fever Jewelry for the beautiful Golden Retriever Hug Ring.
After stumbling upon your site, I am sending you this more than an hour and many gasping sobs and tears later. Goldies are the softest, most beautiful living balls of unconditional love ever created. Believe me, I know.
I’m sitting here petting Chelsea, my 6th Goldie, since I was about 8. She is resting after a hard day lying in the sunshine resting so that she can eventually get a good night’s sleep. Ah, Goldies!
Please keep your life on even keel by getting another. You can never replace any of them, but they are really a mirror to your soul and you are obviously a wonderful reflection. I know that you will keep on keeping on, but with Goldies, you will never have to train another. Treat them as a continuation of your own life and each will give you an identical, though completely different, experience.
I am sure that all will be better in the future as it will for all that made your past and are at present patiently waiting.
Woof Woof !
hugs to you… I needed a while too till I could read all the cards…. although I cried so hard, there was a good feeling inside of me too… to know that you are not alone helps a lot… to know you have friends who are there for you helps much better than just the time…
It’s so hard and it stays hard for a long time – for me it did. Hugs to you♥
It is hard, but I’m so happy to see you’re keeping up with the blog and reading all the loving comments you receive. You and Sugar shared so many great moments thanks to this blog, so I hope that staying active with it brings you many great memories.
I would love a card of Sugar . She was and always will be a special girl to me.
Oh Dog Mom Rosalyn, we know how hard it has been for you…we continually send you good thoughts and prayers. We miss Sugar too but know she is watching over you and dog-dad.
We’d love to receive a card of Sugar. We have her Christmas card on our happy board so we can see her smile every day. Next month it’ll be five years since Sadie went to the bridge and somemommy still ends up in a pile of tears every so often. It does get easier in that there are more smiles than tears with the passing of time but the heartbreak is still the same.
Sending you hugs and purrs,
Angel, Isabella and mom Sharla
I understand your pain. We had two Goldens who passed at age 15 and 16. One was completely unexpected and a surprise. She wasn’t sick. I left for work and several hours later she was havng a problem breathing. By the time she got to the vets she was gone. My second Goldie was sick. We spent many nights sleeping with her. Taking her to specialists in a tri state area. In the end they found cancer. All I can say is, the pain was equally bad for both girls. It was extremely hard to function after my first girls death. My husband, myself and the second girl grieved for a year not knowing how to move on. We finally got a rescue pup. She was loving and playful as puppies are. She did not replace our first girl. She did make us laugh again. We cried when we remembered how our girls were as puppies. Even our second golden took over as this puppies mom.
After our second golden passed the depression started again. This time we were quick to adopt two rescue puppies. This restored joy in my home while we grieved for our girl.
The pain and joy is so intense. Please be kind to yourself. Remember it’s never easy to move on. You will know what is right for you. You will keep Sugars memory alive when the time is right. Hugs and kisses.
You guys were so lucky to have each other and all those memories
Lily & Edward
My heart aches along with yours. I wish I could tell you it gets better, but I’m still learning myself. My fear is that I will get used to life without my Dee….and I don’t want to….so I keep her spirit alive…..and beg her to come to me in my dreams. I know she’s perfectly happy and restored in Dog Heaven, just as I know Sugar is too. Yesterday I saw this poem and it made my heart smile as I know it sums up exactly how Sugar and Dee felt about us as their loving mothers:
Grieve not, nor
speak of me
with tears, but laugh and
talk of me as if I were
beside you.
I loves you so….
‘Twas heaven
here with you.
~Isla Paschal Richardson
It’s so hard when they’re gone since our furry family members are such a huge presence in our lives. She’ll always be with you in your heart. Hang in there!
I/We would love a Sugar card.
Thinking of you and your’s every day sending warm, gentle hugs.
Greg & Ron and Salle & Shirlie
❤️✨🐶
Purrs…..
I don’t know how I would have gotten through losing Greta with out the blogging community. It is hard to see life go on when inside you the sadness dwells. I know that feeling all to well. But with time it did lift as I know it will for you – in its own time
hugs
PugRanch Mom
We have all the same feelings here having lost three dogs in such a short time. Time does help, but the sadness can be overwhelming sometimes. Keep thinking about all those wonderful memories you have of your time with Sugar – she was a dream.
Woos – Lightning and Misty
Rosalyn, I think of you and sweet Sugar every day! I know how hard it is. I’m approaching my one year of losing Willie, and I still miss him so much. There’s this empty spot that I don’t think will ever go away. It does get easier to live with, but it’s still tough. Hugs to you.
It’s never easy when our furry ones have to leave us. But, they’re always with us in our hearts.
Very true. We still miss our Jazzi also.
Wags
Oreo
I’m so terribly sorry. Only time – lots of it – eases the heartache. Take it slow and grieve in whatever way feels right to you. Sugar was truly special and is dearly missed.
Rosalyn I think of you often. It has been three months since Cooper crossed over and although I miss him desperately, memories are now starting to bring a smile to my face. I hope that in time this happens for you. We were both so blessed to have had such beautiful, loving goldens in our life! Sending love and hugs ❤️
Time does lessen the sting, but you will always have that place for Sugar in your heart. I think that is a good thing because Sugar was a special place in you. Love is infinite and you have an endless supply. But the love between you and Sugar will always be there in space and time. We feel your sadness and are sending licks and kisses from the DogDaz Zoo.