Mimi passed at 3:20 AM this morning. I was with her as she slipped away, and I hope that gave her some lasting love and peace to take with her into the next world.
I am very grateful for the kind words of advice and encouragement that many of you sent. I will probably have her cremated through Buffalo Ridge Animal Clinic since she has been a patient there since we moved to The Villages. Then, we plan to get a nice headstone for her and bury her ashes under the stone in the backyard that she loved so much.
Right now, there is a huge empty space inside me which I'm sure will get worse in the days and weeks to come when I expect to see her happy little face when I come home. I think I will follow MSNPA's advice and start writing a journal about our lives together and what she meant to us. Maybe, that will make her memory live on and bring some comfort to us -- to know that we had her for such a short time, but that she filled that time with love, joy, and companionship, and that she loved me more than any pet I've ever had.
I hope that the story of the Rainbow Bridge is true. I'm going to live the rest of my life believing in it and looking forward to the day that I see Mimi again.
Thanks so much for the words of sympathy and encouragement. Many of you are truly wonderful people.
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