The gift of Love

Posted on Instagram on October 30, 2019

Nine days ago, we had to say goodbye to my Pooh.
She came back from the vet and in a few days she started to get worse, and we were given no hope for recovery.
It has been heartbreaking.
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We have been granted a few sunny days, so we made sure to help her reach her favorite sunny spots to nap and enjoy the warmth.
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On my last day nursing her, we were in the sun, she was laying in her comfy place and I was beside her on a blanket, holding her paw.
I asked her...how will I face the emptiness when you will go? What will I do with the hole you will leave in my heart?
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As I was dozing off, her paw still in my hand, I thought about how our furry and feathered friends are really the closest thing to angels walking on the earth, for the pure, unconditional love they give us.
And after a dry spell with my creativity, here I was with an image in my mind and a purpose.
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I like to call them "Pooh angels".
Because this is the last thing we made together, and her last gift to me.
I think the answer to my question is...we carry on by holding their love close to us. We carry on by reminding of that love. We carry on by filling the world with that love, by sharing it.
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I figured there must be others out there needing an angel to soothe the pain of a loss, and so I did as I promised to my Pooh on her last breathe...I made more angels.
I kept the first angel for myself, but the two you see here are for new keepers.
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It helped me, to create them. With their little bodies, holding their golden orb that symbolizes that pure, unconditional love.
My hope is that they will be of comfort to others as well ❤️