Chelsea

Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really.

We have loved you every day for the last 14
years. And we will miss you every day for the rest of our lives.

Today is March 13 ,2011 

7 months that my Chelsea left us for rainbow bridge,I am still so crazy in love with her,she was  my soul mate dog,  “I imagine her  death to be as if someone took all the oxygen out of the air and expected me to live without it.

Here is another photo of my beautiful Chelsea. She died Aug, 13, I am missing her terribly these last few months, her birthday is April 18, she would be 14 sweet years young/old, it is also the evening of Passover this year, hope I get through it without tears.

And I said…..
“I WILL NEVER DO THIS AGAIN” I spoke these words over and over and over again, and what did I do? My friends kept telling me I have so much love to give why don’t you adopt another, so I did and Jackson is a fun, loving new pal. I guess this time I listened to my heart not my head.

I am grateful for Jacksons smiling face and his pink tongue.
I am grateful for his sweet brown nose, and the little brush of brown around his eyes, I keep telling him he has Chelsea face.
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April 22, 2011

“I Thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, with which I’ll never part. Have fun at Rainbow Bridge my Chelsea, you will be forever in my heart.”

August 13, 2011
Today is the 1 year anniversary of my sweet girl Chelsea crossing to Rainbow Bridge. RIP. You will always be in our hearts, she was a true once-in-a-lifetime dog.

The only way I can describe her is .. total love, pure devotion and loyalty.

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“Time heals all” is an interesting saying and one that I believe is not entirely true as it pertains to me. While the passing of days will help soothe the pain, mend the heart, and slow down the tears; the dull hollowed out ache inside continues and there’s no guarantee that feeling with ever go away. The not so distant memories of a shattered heart and the eruption of tears at a moment’s notice, those conditions have improved greatly with the tick-tocking of the clock, I wonder if they’ll completely disappear as the years roll by.

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It was quickly discovered in the days following Chelsea’s passing that humans can be judgmental and instead of providing comfort they’re capable of creating stress and additional pain. It’s still very hurtful to reflect upon that period in my life and to remember friends questioning my method of grieving or to make insulting comments about my relationship with my beloved friend, those people committed the ultimate act of betrayal and it’s doubtful they will ever regain my complete trust. They certainly didn’t grasp the dire situation, the vulnerable state I was in and their words pierced my heart as a knife would but survive I did and I learned to not leave myself wide open to attacks anymore. Chelsea’s passing is insignificant in comparison to human deaths are examples of missteps by former friends and girlfriends alike.