Grief . . .
Predictable but Personal
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| Copyright picture -- Deborah Wahld Photography Bear n Kelly, May, 2012 |
My much loved friend Bear unexpectedly passed away this week. An apparently healthy dog that had a heart attack. Bear was not only a lovable, exuberant companion but brave too. He kept the Ranch safe from mountain lions, bears and coyotes.
And in an eye-blink was no longer with us. Tears ran freely.
About tears and grief . . .
In 1970, Sophia Loren had $1/2 million of her uninsured jewelry stolen from her hotel suite in a daring armed take-over robbery. She was not present at the time - fortunately. Today, those gems would be worth $5 million. Sophia was extremely upset.
Her husband, Carlo Ponti held her hand and said "Sophia, you must learn never to cry over something or somebody that would not or could not cry over you."
Bear would have wept over me . . . thus I surprise myself by weeping at unexpected times. Ambushed by the loss of a friend.
My advice to all is
Love lavishly
and if you need to . . .
Allow those tears to come without embarrassment.
Grief, after all, is such a personal thing.
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| All dogs go to Heaven . . . But we do miss you so, Bear - Bear. |
Kelly: I'm a friend through Janet Roberts. I'm so sorry that you lost your Bear.
ReplyDeleteWe had a female Rottie Carla, and she was often called Wiggle Butt for her manic wagging of her butt since there was no tail to slow it down! We lost her quite a few years ago, but she still makes me smile with memories.
More recently we put to sleep a golden Shane, who was my stalwart companion mucking stalls, working on drainage in muddy rain. When all the other dogs had run for shelter, Shane would be hanging out with me, like another kid who liked to play with mud pies.
I consider it an honor to grieve for a dog I loved so completely.
My sympathy, Connie Yost