May I Go Now?
May I go now? Do you think the time is right? May I say goodbye to pain filled days and endless lonely nights? I've lived my life and done my best, an example tried to be. So can I take that step beyond and set my spirit free? I didn't want to go at first, I fought with all my might. But something seems to draw me now to a warm and loving light. I want to go I really do. It's difficult to stay. But I will try as best I can to live just one more day. To give you time to care for me and share your love and fears. I know you're sad and afraid, because I see your tears. I'll not be far, I promise that, and hope you'll always know that my spirit will be close to you wherever you may go. Thank you so for loving me. You know I love you too, that's why it's hard to say goodbye and end this life with you. So hold me now just one more time and let me hear you say, because you care so much for me, you'll let me go today. |
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| That is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| that is lovely and so true
our loved ones are never far they live on in our hearts.  |
| That brought tears to my eyes. I hope I have the strength to let them go when the time comes. I have 4 beautiful friends of varying age and health, I want them around for as long as possible, I sound selfish I know, but last year I lost Mitchell my old friend, it's hard to say goodbye. |
I've tried reading this at least 4 times and can never make it to the end  |
| I so needed this. Our beloved Abby is 12 1/2. She has been struggling over the past 4 months to get up and walk. She developed an ulcer 2 weeks ago as a result of her arthritis medicine so now she is off of it and is showing signs of increased discomfort. She eats less and now doesn't have the ability to get up every time to make it outside to go to the bathroom so we have had a few poopie accidents in the house now. She has no desire to play and I know I need to make the call. Please help me. I am having a terrible time with this. They are our children and it is making my heart bleed. |
| OMG, that last verse really got me! Hard to read, but so very true. Thank you for sharing it.
oeshpdog2, it is truly the hardest thing we do when we make that final call. None of us want to do it - we all hope that they would just pass on their own so we don't have to feel guilty, like we ended their life before it was time. Mostly everyone here has gone through the same thing, multiple times even. You've seen how Abby is struggling. You know her quality of life is gone. I pray you have the strength to follow through. |
| I cant read it at all and I put it here in the first place. It is awful when our babies get old but at least we can help them out of pain and not see them suffer. It takes unconditional love to help them over the Bridge, you have to think of their quality of life and not your pain. Ok crying again, sorry.... |
| Every time I read any posts on the "Rainbow Bridge" I know there will be sadness in someones life. there is no worse time to have a dog, than when we know we will have to make that terrible final decision. It took my wife and I seven years to get over the loss of our Ming (Shar-pei) and decide to open our hearts to a new friend. I think that you already know the decision you will have to make. There is an end time to all life, all we can do is try to make it as comfortable as possible for our furry friend and realize that her life as it is now is not what she wants either. Our Bailee does lots of things that get him in trouble and at times he can really get into some mischief and get me a little upset with him. Then I see posts like this and I just give him a call and a BIG hug. I wish you well and hope you realize you have given Abbie the best years of her life. |
oeshpdog2 wrote: I so needed this. Our beloved Abby is 12 1/2. She has been struggling over the past 4 months to get up and walk. She developed an ulcer 2 weeks ago as a result of her arthritis medicine so now she is off of it and is showing signs of increased discomfort. She eats less and now doesn't have the ability to get up every time to make it outside to go to the bathroom so we have had a few poopie accidents in the house now. She has no desire to play and I know I need to make the call. Please help me. I am having a terrible time with this. They are our children and it is making my heart bleed.
It's never easy for any of us. I guess the way I look at it is that they have given me the best years of their lives & I owe it to them to let them go with dignity. That means sitting on the floor with them in my lap when the time comes. It's really hard at the time but I always think I wouldn't want them to think I didn't want to be there with them....because I know how devoted my dogs have been to me over the years. I think back on how beautiful they looked in the show ring, all groomed up. How wonderful they looked in full coat, taking a jump in obedience. All we went thru together when training for these events & how "cool" it was when I saw the  come on in their head! And most of all how proud I was of them when we won. They never gave up on me when we were training for these titles. They were always there for training , practice, shows & trials. They never questioned it....they actually always looked excited about it! So I figure I owe them big time at the end. |
oeshpdog2 wrote: I so needed this. Our beloved Abby is 12 1/2. She has been struggling over the past 4 months to get up and walk. She developed an ulcer 2 weeks ago as a result of her arthritis medicine so now she is off of it and is showing signs of increased discomfort. She eats less and now doesn't have the ability to get up every time to make it outside to go to the bathroom so we have had a few poopie accidents in the house now. She has no desire to play and I know I need to make the call. Please help me. I am having a terrible time with this. They are our children and it is making my heart bleed.
It is so hard when they get to that time in their lives. You will know when the time is right and no matter how hard--you will make the right decision for her. Special thoughts for you and your family. The poem says it all and brought tears and tugged at the heartstrings. I will give extra hugs and kisses to the boys tonight!   |
| how is it that we don't have a "hysterical sobbing" emoticon? |
| The last hour I spent with Sammy in the "Special Room" at the hospital waiting for the rest of our family to come was on the floor looking straight into her beautiful eyes. This is exactly what her eyes said to me. She told me it was time for her to go... that she had been a good girl and faithful nanny to the boys. She was glad to see the big boys come home from college and had spent a wonderful week with them...but now her job is done and she is ready to go HOME...and that I should let her go
sob..sob..sob |
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| I cannot stop the tears from falling
Why oh why can they not live forever
Debsx |
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