"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 6/17/2016 3:04 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:29:10 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Some people are just not ready that soon (if ever) to adopt another pet.
>>
>> That's the way I feel. Just can't do it. I've had great dogs and
>> cats (one of each, always together), and saying the final goodbye
>> doesn't get any easier as you grow older. It's just as hard as when I
>> was a child, except I don't cry in public anymore.
>>
>>
> When I took Persia to the vet for her final trip I cried my eyes out. Just
> as I was leaving the sky fell out. A deluge of rain to accompany a deluge
> of tears. I sat in the car for a while with the empty carrier. I waited
> until the rain slacked up but I still cried all the way home.
>
> Jill

I can still get choked up over my last dog Sophie and it's been several
years now. We do have another rescue for the past five years and we love her
a lot, but Sophie was my once in a lifetime dog, it amazing how much we can
love our animals.

Cheri