Comments on: More good things about pets: The needs that keep us going http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/03/01/more-good-things-about-pets-the-needs-that-keep-us-going/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gina Spadafori http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/03/01/more-good-things-about-pets-the-needs-that-keep-us-going/comment-page-1/#comment-411191 Gina Spadafori Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:29:22 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=5738#comment-411191 Thanks, Jewel. The services were today. Nice mix of his friends, from the "old neighborhood" to quite recent. Lots of Mom's friends and my siblings' and my friends, too. Nice, all of it. Thanks, Jewel. The services were today. Nice mix of his friends, from the “old neighborhood” to quite recent. Lots of Mom’s friends and my siblings’ and my friends, too. Nice, all of it.

]]> By: stellaluna http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/03/01/more-good-things-about-pets-the-needs-that-keep-us-going/comment-page-1/#comment-411147 stellaluna Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:25:41 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=5738#comment-411147 Dear Gina, I tried to find an email on here for you but could not find one so am replying here and hope you see it. I haven't been reading lately and just realized your dad had passed away, and wanted to express my condolences. I read his obituary -- he sounds like he was a very cool guy, and a baseball player! That really elevates his status for me, as I am a real sucker for the game. :o) My heart goes out to you and your family on the loss of this dear man. I understand your grief, having lost a lot of people in the past dozen years, including my own father and my beloved daughter -- my one and only child. The grief comes in waves and eventually subsides to a dull roar, but early on it can be so hard to hold your head up and get through the days. I wish you peace and calm and hope you will soon be left with only good memories of your father. Please take care of yourself and hang in there. Warm thoughts, Jewel in Tucson Dear Gina,

I tried to find an email on here for you but could not find one so am replying here and hope you see it.

I haven’t been reading lately and just realized your dad had passed away, and wanted to express my condolences. I read his obituary — he sounds like he was a very cool guy, and a baseball player! That really elevates his status for me, as I am a real sucker for the game. :o)

My heart goes out to you and your family on the loss of this dear man. I understand your grief, having lost a lot of people in the past dozen years, including my own father and my beloved daughter — my one and only child.

The grief comes in waves and eventually subsides to a dull roar, but early on it can be so hard to hold your head up and get through the days. I wish you peace and calm and hope you will soon be left with only good memories of your father.

Please take care of yourself and hang in there.

Warm thoughts,
Jewel in Tucson

]]> By: Gina Spadafori http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/03/01/more-good-things-about-pets-the-needs-that-keep-us-going/comment-page-1/#comment-409340 Gina Spadafori Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:42:21 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=5738#comment-409340 I have to agree: Mornings suck right now. I have to agree: Mornings suck right now.

]]> By: Amy http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/03/01/more-good-things-about-pets-the-needs-that-keep-us-going/comment-page-1/#comment-409334 Amy Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:15:07 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=5738#comment-409334 I feel like mornings are always the hardest. When I sat with my grandpa last spring I would spend hours with him and stay up through most of the night and I would feel at peace with everything that was happening. And then I'd sleep for a little while and morning would come and after checking on him for a bit I'd have to fake going to the bathroom to pull it together. There's probably something scientific to it, like we need to temporarily forget some things to get rest or something... I don't know. Mornings are so hard. I feel like mornings are always the hardest. When I sat with my grandpa last spring I would spend hours with him and stay up through most of the night and I would feel at peace with everything that was happening.

And then I’d sleep for a little while and morning would come and after checking on him for a bit I’d have to fake going to the bathroom to pull it together.

There’s probably something scientific to it, like we need to temporarily forget some things to get rest or something… I don’t know. Mornings are so hard.

]]> By: Mark http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/03/01/more-good-things-about-pets-the-needs-that-keep-us-going/comment-page-1/#comment-408819 Mark Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:12:40 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=5738#comment-408819 The fog will lift, but on a different world. You will adjust and persevere. I lost my dad on Palm Sunday 2005. My mom on Palm Sunday 2007. My sister last July. My cats George in February 2007 and Jack on Saturday. They all live in my heart. May your dad live in yours forever. The fog will lift, but on a different world. You will adjust and persevere. I lost my dad on Palm Sunday 2005. My mom on Palm Sunday 2007. My sister last July. My cats George in February 2007 and Jack on Saturday. They all live in my heart. May your dad live in yours forever.

]]> By: Marcy http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/03/01/more-good-things-about-pets-the-needs-that-keep-us-going/comment-page-1/#comment-408415 Marcy Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:45:26 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=5738#comment-408415 Give yourself time...and just try to keep up with the very essentials for now. Life has a way of drawing us back into it, after a loss, doesn't it? Hope little Marble is fine...sounds like a good sign that she's eating. Give yourself time…and just try to keep up with the very essentials for now.

Life has a way of drawing us back into it, after a loss, doesn’t it?

Hope little Marble is fine…sounds like a good sign that she’s eating.

]]> By: Colorado Transplant http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/03/01/more-good-things-about-pets-the-needs-that-keep-us-going/comment-page-1/#comment-408385 Colorado Transplant Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:26:16 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=5738#comment-408385 Gina, I know my father, long gone, does look out for me when life is difficult. This morning, when I saw the blue sky awash with red brush strokes, I felt that the spirit of my cat Batman was no longer present here on earth. Tonight, I realized that March 1 was the date of my father's birthday. I choose to believe that my father helped Batman's transition to wherever his spirit needed to be. May your fog lift some day--but I know it will. The chicken sounds like it will recover. You did the best you could under the circumstances. I hope you go easy on yourself as to feeling guilt. Nobody is perfect, it has been said. Ah, if only I would take my own advise and stop feeling guilty about my own mistakes in dealing with my pets. Oh, well! Gina, I know my father, long gone, does look out for me when life is difficult.

This morning, when I saw the blue sky awash with red brush strokes, I felt that the spirit of my cat Batman was no longer present here on earth.

Tonight, I realized that March 1 was the date of my father’s birthday.

I choose to believe that my father helped
Batman’s transition to wherever his spirit needed to be.

May your fog lift some day—but I know it will.

The chicken sounds like it will recover. You did the best you could under the circumstances.

I hope you go easy on yourself as to feeling guilt. Nobody is perfect, it has been said.

Ah, if only I would take my own advise and stop feeling guilty about my own mistakes in dealing with my pets. Oh, well!

]]> By: Leslie K http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/03/01/more-good-things-about-pets-the-needs-that-keep-us-going/comment-page-1/#comment-408381 Leslie K Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:12:51 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=5738#comment-408381 Gina- We all do the best we can. Hopefully Marple will be fine and the maggots at least distracted you for a few minutes ! A few unscooped litter boxes and uncleaned bathrooms won't hurt anyone for a couple of days. Just take care of yourself and the animals and give yourself a little time to feel in sync with the routine again. Gina- We all do the best we can. Hopefully Marple will be fine and the maggots at least distracted you for a few minutes ! A few unscooped litter boxes and uncleaned bathrooms won’t hurt anyone for a couple of days. Just take care of yourself and the animals and give yourself a little time to feel in sync with the routine again.

]]> By: Anne T http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/03/01/more-good-things-about-pets-the-needs-that-keep-us-going/comment-page-1/#comment-408325 Anne T Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:12:34 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=5738#comment-408325 I used to farm sit for a sheep breeder who owned an old farm whose age spanned the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The sink in the kitchen was slate and original. You put the peelings et alia in a container, and had to remember to empty it frequently, or bypass it alltogether, because the flies would get in it and the next thing you knew.....ewwwwww. What was worse was if a sheep got an injury somehow, and you didn't catch it before fly strike. Maggots are now not far behind cat puke and stealth poop. A gross but intrinsic part of life! Poor Marble. I do hope the antibiotics and isolation do the trick and she fully recovers. And as was pointed out aptly in the previous post, all these bits of life's vagaries did distract you temporarily from your present grief pretty well, didn't they? Life exists after the death of a beloved parent. It's still life, just different. It takes time to adjust to and learn to appreciate the difference. You will. I used to farm sit for a sheep breeder who owned an old farm whose age spanned the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The sink in the kitchen was slate and original. You put the peelings et alia in a container, and had to remember to empty it frequently, or bypass it alltogether, because the flies would get in it and the next thing you knew…..ewwwwww.
What was worse was if a sheep got an injury somehow, and you didn’t catch it before fly strike. Maggots are now not far behind cat puke and stealth poop. A gross but intrinsic part of life!
Poor Marble. I do hope the antibiotics and isolation do the trick and she fully recovers. And as was pointed out aptly in the previous post, all these bits of life’s vagaries did distract you temporarily from your present grief pretty well, didn’t they?
Life exists after the death of a beloved parent. It’s still life, just different. It takes time to adjust to and learn to appreciate the difference. You will.

]]> By: mountainkimmie http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/03/01/more-good-things-about-pets-the-needs-that-keep-us-going/comment-page-1/#comment-408231 mountainkimmie Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:10:34 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=5738#comment-408231 Hang in there, Gina. We all do the best we can while carrying the heavy burdens that life gives us, and I think you're doing pretty darn good right now. Your animals are loved and well cared for, and they love you back. And hey, admit it, those maggots took your mind off your other troubles for at least a few seconds, didn't they? Maybe they were just trying to help! Hang in there, Gina. We all do the best we can while carrying the heavy burdens that life gives us, and I think you’re doing pretty darn good right now. Your animals are loved and well cared for, and they love you back. And hey, admit it, those maggots took your mind off your other troubles for at least a few seconds, didn’t they? Maybe they were just trying to help!

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