To anyone that has small children and pets this is a must book 'Dog Heaven' by Cynthia Rylant
Today was the day I let my best friend for 13.5yrs go
I am trying to stay calm and clear headed as I type this through tears and a runny nose.
I'm sure my heart is broken into tiny pieces by my wee children and their tears, I sat my oldest down to explain to her(5yrs)(not thinking that my youngest would understand he's 3.5yrs) he was listening to everything and when it was time to say good bye at the house ~ my son started crying that he didn't want to say good bye and give Hoover a hug because his heart hurt and he'd miss him. My daughter wants to write him a poem and a song.
The rain wouldn't stop as my daughter and I drove Hoover to the HS where Grandma works 45 mins away(I mean it was pouring)plus it was hard to see through my tears. My daughter waited in the van and Grandma came to sit with her while I went in and carried my dear old man down the stairs that he could no longer see or do, as I picked him up he was so frail a little old man ~ the best old man!!
He went very quietly with me petting him softly......
When it was done(this is just wrong to say) but I felt a calm come over me a relief almost ~ that I did the best thing for him.
As I came out of the HS it was still raining, on the drive home my daughter cried softly in the back, the sky was still dark with clouds but in the middle right on our van the sun was shineing so strong and bright I told my daughter, Hoover was sending us a message '
THANK YOU' and every time the sun looks through the clouds on a rainy day Hoover is looking down on us.. that gave her great comfort on the way home(me to)
"WHEN DOGS GO TO HEAVEN,
THEY DON'T NEED WINGS
BECAUSE GOD KNOWS THAT
DOGS LOVE RUNNING BEST.
HE GIVES THEM FIELDS.
FIELDS AND FIELDS
AND FIELDS.
WHEN A DOG FIRST ARRIVES IN HEAVEN,
HE JUST RUNS."
(just alittle part from the book)
RUN FREE MY SWEET OLD MAN