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Teddy
(Getitreadyfreddy) We had you in our lives for such a very short time but it was pure gold, just like you. In four short months we went from the joy of finding you, bringing you home and seeing you settle in and enjoy your new life, to the horror of discovering you had osteosarcoma and losing you. Before we met you, you had raced until you were three and then waited in kennels for three years until we adopted you. I just couldn’t understand that - you were so gorgeous and loveable I couldn’t understand why you hadn’t been snapped up. We quickly discovered that you were a good, kind, gentle boy; a bit of a big lummox at times and so nosey about everything going on around you that you would sometimes fall over your own legs or bump into something in your eagerness to see what was happening. We were so pleased to have found such a wonderful new family member but our happiness turned to heartbreak when you developed a limp and we discovered you had osteosarcoma. From first noticing a barely perceptible limp to losing you was less than a month, the most traumatic and heart-breaking month of my life - but I would go through it all again, for the pleasure of knowing you. It seems monstrously unfair that having found your forever home you had only four months to enjoy it, but I am trying not to dwell on that. Instead, I am trying to focus on the things you enjoyed so much during your four months with us, such as your comfy bed, being stroked and cuddled (endlessly); your furry squeaky toys, your food and treats, having your teeth brushed with delicious toothpaste, your runs off-lead in the fields around our home and all your little canine friends that you were such a gentleman with. Losing you has been devastating but I’m sure you came into my life for a reason, so I’ve been thinking about what you taught me: that how much you love another being is not necessarily related to the length of time you’ve known them; not to waste time on things that don’t matter; and to fill each day with as much love and kindness as possible. To our Teddy Bear Say goodnight but not goodbye. Karen, Greg and Mickey the cat. |
