Wow its been a year.....

Well as of two days ago it was a year since we lost our beloved Jack :-(. My daughter and I shared the moment with a hug and a few tears, so wishing that we still had him around. Over the past year we have come to realize that life does go on and the pain does get easier to deal with, but he is never far from our thoughts. Its also hard that the anniversary is so close to my b'day. We still believe that while we will have many animals in our lives in the future, Jack was special and there will never be another Jack. The pain of losing him at a young age still hurts. We miss and love him and try to focus on the joy he brought to our lives..........

Six Month Mark

Well we are at the six month mark tomorrow since Jack left us. I keep thinking it will get easier but he is still constantly on our minds. We are having some issues with our new puppy and I think that makes it harder. We still miss Jack so much and get angry sometimes that it is so unfair that he had so little time with us.............

Four Months

Well its now been four months. Man it seems like so long ago in some ways. My daughter came in crying last night when she realized it was the four month mark. It still is so hard in so many ways. We miss him sooo much :-(

Three months..........

I can't believe its been 3 months since Jack passed. While the pain has mostly gotten better, we sure still miss him so much. We just went camping and that really brought things home for use because Jack was our camping buddy :-(. We did take our new puppy Bandit....we want him to like camping as much as Jack did! He had fun, but its definitely all new to him and he has to get used to that!!

I still miss him so much

Well its been over two months since Jack's passing. I still miss him very much and wonder why he had to be dealt this horrible disease. I so wish he was still here, with his wonderful spirit. I find some comfort in pictures and videos, but it can bring sadness too. It will be hard this summer as one of our favorite things to do with him was camping and that was one of the last things we did with him, just a short time before he died. We have a trip coming up and I'm sure he will be on our minds a lot. We will be able to introduce our new puppy to camping and I hope he loves it as much as Jack did. I continue to hope that this blog can help someone else thru what is a very difficult time.

Does Time Heal?

Sometimes I think it does, and other times I wonder. Its been about a month since we lost Jack and to this day I sometimes can't believe he is actually gone. I still miss him very much. There are still times where I almost forget that he is gone but it hits me soon enough that he is. We recently got a new puppy for my daughter's birthday, she has been wanting a puppy for as long as I can remember. "Bandit" will never replace Jack, no animal ever could, but he definitely keeps us busy, which of course helps. I'm tearing up as I write this and I wonder if the sadness will ever completely go away. I don't know....Jack was so very special.

Its been a week.....

And man what a hard week. In some ways it seems like just yesterday and in others it seems like he's been gone forever. Overall each day is a bit easier but the pain isn't gone. I was able to go away for a couple of days and I think that helped. Our home seems so empty without his wonderful "presence"....its just not the same :-(. I know he is gone but man sometimes it is hard to comprehend and get your mind around it. At times I feel so lost because for every day for almost 16 months I was fighting an evil enemy, cancer, and that enemy finally won and it just feels weird to not have that fight part of my daily life. It just seem so unfair that he is gone, yet I feel so blessed that he was part of our lives, it just wasn't long enough!!