till we meet again

Last week I had to make the difficult decision to help my sweet girl Ginger cross over the rainbow bridge. She lived a good, long 16+ years, loving our family and was the best Havanese dog ever! In the last few months of her life, her little body was slowly shutting down. Getting her to eat and hearing her cough progressively worsening, along with her dramatic weight loss all pointed to the fact that it was nearing the end of her time here on Earth. While making the decision to have Laps of Love come to the home to ease her transitioning was heart wrenching, I knew it was the right thing to do for her to end her suffering. She peacefully passed, very quietly slipping off to dreamland before she took her final breath and I feel grateful I was able to be there with her in those final moments. Yes, my tears flowed, but knowing my son and our other pets would be there to greet her as she passed brought me comfort. But here is what really got to me. In letting Ginger go, I was also letting a part of my son go again as well. His fingers held her tiny fur when she was just a baby. She taught him all about unconditional love and living in the present moment. She was such a big part of our family and we have so many happy memories with her in our lives. Sometimes when we experience another loss it can bring us right back to where we were in our grief before. But that’s alright, because isn’t it better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all? I am thankful to you Ginger, sweet baby, you did good old girl, you did good. I will miss you, till we meet again.