I have a box full of pictures taken during Titi and Maxou's earlier years, when we were all living near Berne, but I haven't opened it for ages. At times, it is still difficult to think about Titi and not cry.
The other day, I was listening to an advice column podcast by the Swiss German radio called "Ratgeber". A vet was talking about putting old and sick pets to final sleep. I could not listen it until the end. It made me feel so sad.
The day will come, I hope, when I can think (or write/talk) about Titi without crying.
Some day, I really want to scan all the old pictures I have before they get bad. Yes, there was a time we took pictures with the camera and had to bring the film to a store in order to see the pics...
Anyway, here is the picture I scanned this morning...
2 comments:
I understand about how sad it is when you lose a pet. I am a self-proclaimed cat lover, but ended up with a pet bird one year after I came to Japan. Just over a month ago, my baby budgie, Oscar, passed away in my hands. He was nine years old.
I miss him so much. He was such a friendly and funny bird. I loved listening to him chatter or sing and he loved listening to my DH and I when we talked to him. He would lean his little face right up in front of our mouth to listen, maybe studying the sounds to mimic later.
I miss him everytime I come home from work to an empty house (my DH works evenings). It's amazing how attached we can get- have you heard of Rainbow Bridge? It's supposed to be where pets who are loved by their owners wait so they can cross over into heaven together. As hard as it is to lose them, I think pets are such an important part of life.
It is definitely upsetting when you lose a pet. They are family and feeling the way you do is very normal. I'm sure there will be a day when you can think about Titi without crying, but in the meantime, it's wonderful that you are posting pictures and continue to think about him.
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