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u/hollybroadway Mar 22 '23
Sleep tight, buddy. You were the good boy.
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u/stickbugwithatophat Mar 22 '23
The best boy. He loved everyone and everything.
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u/hollybroadway Mar 22 '23
I said bye to my boy Jacob on Labor Day. He was 17. Be sad for a while. Cry. Think about Coal. Smell Coal’s collar and harness. Give your buddy that much. But then, all of a sudden, Coal will tell you to get another fren. And Coal would want that.
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u/voxroxoverice Mar 23 '23
I love this sentiment. I am reluctant to advise grieving dog owners to get another dog, but there is a poem somewhere that basically says that your dog would to bequeath his bed and toys and your love to another lost or stray that needs them.
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u/Redbag10 Mar 22 '23
Sorry for your loss. Hope you’re ok.
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u/stickbugwithatophat Mar 22 '23
He was getting old, and he was a runt so it was bound to happen eventually. Thankfully he wasn’t alone.
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u/sampiere_mimi Mar 23 '23
😔 so sorry for your pain .
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u/stickbugwithatophat Mar 23 '23
Thank you. It was very sudden, I came home and he was gone. At the moment I feel mostly numb, but I think that’s because I had another dog die just last month. I think I’ll go out to the store soon and buy some kiwis to have with him (I would always give him half when I ate them- he loved tart fruit.) and finish setting the stones around his grave.
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u/Tphile Mar 23 '23
I am so sorry to hear that Coal, lovely name by the way, has left your side. However, may the best times of your being together sustain you in the worst times of now.
Our true companions live on in our memory, and are always a part of our story.
I'm sorry for your loss.
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u/stickbugwithatophat Mar 23 '23
Thank you. I have lots of good memories of him. The thing I’m really worried about is my brother, who was much closer than I was to Coal. He was his puppy… he’s off at college and didn’t get to say goodbye, even after he was already gone.
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u/Tphile Mar 23 '23 edited Mar 23 '23
That's so hard, and I hear you, grief is grief, and is such a hard thing to deal with. My heart breaks for him and for you. Might I be so bold, as to suggest that he seeks some help on campus where he is? Be it of a secular (counselling) or spiritual (if thus inclined) nature, both streams can be very helpful to provide a space for people to grieve in a proscribed environment.
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u/stickbugwithatophat Mar 23 '23
Thank you all for so much support, it means a lot to me. Coal was 13- a runt with constant health issues who loved life regardless. If anything, the best thing to remember coal is tart fruit. Have a kiwi, or a green apple. Maybe see if your pup likes them too. I make these posts for my dogs as a kind of memorial.
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u/robertbuzbyjr Mar 23 '23
My heart felt condolences for your loss! Run carefree over the rainbow bridge Coal!
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u/FatFuch Mar 28 '23
Sending love, my 11year old crossed the rainbow bridge last Monday and it still hurts.
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u/bridgebrningwildfire Mar 22 '23
The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief - But the pain of grief Is only a shadow When compared with the pain Of never risking love. -Buddha