Blessings Through Tears

It has been a hard few days after the loss of our Rosie. I want to thank you for all the emails, notes, and comments. My husband and I sat and read every one of them, more than once, and as the tears flowed it helped heal our hearts just a little knowing others understood and cared. (If you haven't read Rosie's goodbye tribute, please see the post below.)

You may not have known this, but when you took the moment to leave your thoughts, it was a REAL BLESSING to us. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

It's so hard to not think about her at every moment. She had required so much special care that everything we did had to be around her needs first.

We still have a six pack of dogs and a healthy child. We are thankful.

For the last few days there have been NO play-fights or wrestling from the dogs. They sit next to us as closely as they can and watch our faces to see if we are going to be okay. We will.

My next posts will be focused on lighter things. It's not that I won't still be heavy hearted but healing sometimes begins by busying oneself and forcing one's thoughts off of the obvious pain. Denial? Yes, but it's necessary.

Thank you again and again for your kind words. I feel so blessed by you all.