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A Very Sad Good-Bye to an Amazing Dog

This past week, right in between the day of my husband’s death, June 7th, and Father’s Day, our family dog, actually David’s dog Roxy, died suddenly. They tell me it may have been a stroke or a heart attack. No one really knows. I had just walked her, thrown the ball for her, and loved her. I left the house for three hours and it was during this time that she passed. I was, and still am devastated.

As I mentioned she was David’s dog. She was a puppy when I brought her home and he was determined not to warm up to her. We didn’t need another dog, especially one so full of energy. She loved to swim in the ocean and the pool. She love to fetch, she loved to be walked. And she loved David. He walked her almost every day and threw the ball for her while he took business calls. He would hold her in his lap and lie on the floor and cuddle her.

When David died part of her died too. She was still a wonderful, loving dog but she had a heavy heart and a deep soul. I always felt she carried a piece of David’s soul and his spirit in hers. She made me feel safe. She was the gatekeeper. She knew when I was sad or anxious and she would lay her head on my lap or hand me her paw.

I am so lost without her. So are my two little dogs. Her spirit filled the house and she had a big, gentle, loving personality. I am so distraught. But life goes on. She was an incredible being and we will all miss her dearly. For those of you that still have your amazing pet, hold them, walk them, play with them because you never know what tomorrow brings and you might not get the chance to say good-bye. And live in the moment, love your loved ones, and cherish your good health, because sometimes life just changes, and things get taken away when you least expect it.

Time will heal us I am sure, but for now I am grieving and sad, and this house feels empty without Roxy. I just hope she is “up there” with David running and playing . I am sure he is so glad to have her back.

Meanwhile, here’ s to Roxy. She gave us all much love and devotion and she will be in our hearts forever.

Lucinda

Posted by Lucinda Bassett in Grief and tagged Death, Grief, Lucinda Bassett, Lucinda Bassett Husband.