When I think Back On These Times,
And The Dreams We Left Behind,
I'll Be Glad 'Cause I Was Blessed
To Get To Have You In My Life.
When I Look Back On These Days,
I'll Look And See Your Face,
You Were Right There For Me,
In My Dreams I'll Always See You
Soar Above The Sky,
In My Heart There'll Alwys Be A Place For You
For All My Life,
I'll Keep A Part Of You With Me,
And Everywhere I Am There You'll Be
Faith Hill - Everywhere I Am
[the advert photo from pets4homes]
I’m going to be so cliché right now
and say that I can’t believe it’s been a year since Dolly was put to sleep and
almost a year since I adopted Emmy because it feels like just yesterday that it
all happened!
I’ve recently had a friend on
social media have to go through a similar experience of deciding whether to
have her cat put to sleep. Initially, it was really triggering of the memories of
being stood in the clinic room at Robson and Prescott Vets and having to agree
to lose my best-friend forever in order to end her pain and suffering. After a
little while, though, I realized that instead of allowing my friend’s suffering
to trigger the memories, maybe I could use my experience to help her through this
difficult time. I remember in the first few days after Dolly was put to sleep
and I said to a friend that it was the hardest decision I’d ever had to make
before correcting myself and realizing that I was probably only saying that
because it’s what everyone says in these situations. But actually, it wasn’t ‘hard;’
it was easy. There was no debating whether to put Dolly through one final
battery of tests and treatments – that might not even have worked - just to give
myself an extra day with her. The decision just wasn’t nice or fair.
