Goodbye dear friend...

[eclectic]

I too am shedding tears for you. Winston is now frolicing, and playing gleefully. I am sitting here crying like a baby.
{{{{a big big hug}}}}}} from me and a comforting nuzzle from my "Tank" (a golden lab/over the fence cross)

[suzieqtwa]

So this is where we part, My Friend,
> and you'll run on, around the bend,
> gone from sight, but not from mind,
> new pleasures there you'll surely find.
>
> I will go on, I'll find the strength,
> life measures quality, not its length.
> One long embrace before you leave,
> share one last look, before I grieve.
>
> There are others, that much is true,
> but they be they, and they aren't you.
> And I, fair, impartial, or so I thought,
> will remember well all you've taught.
>
> Your place I'll hold, you will be missed,
> the fur I stroked, the nose I kissed.
> And as you journey to your final rest,
> take with you this...I loved you best.
>
>
>
>
> Author Jim Willis
>

I always thought this poem said so much....((((tears))))

[Tri Girl]

bikerchick, I'm so very sorry for your loss. I can't stop crying just thinking of you and Winston. You know that if he could talk he would thank you endlessly for taking such good care of him and rescuing him from a life of many unknowns. You gave him a wonderful home, loved and cared for him, and in return he gave you many years of love and joy.
He had a great life thanks to you, and even at it's end you gave him love and dignity. You are a wonderful mom. He'll always be with you!
Thinking of you both...

[margo49]

Sad, sad, sad
but the only thing to do

[Trek420]

hugs this is so very sad.

[Bad JuJu]

I'm SO SO sorry for you and Winston, and for your other puglet who will probably miss Winston, too. I know exactly how hard this is, and my eyes are full of tears and my heart full of compassion for you. Doing the right thing can be so hard, but it's still the right thing. Thinking of you both.

[bikerchick68]

Thank you all for your kind hearts. I typically respond to each person individually, but please forgive me in this instance for not doing so. Typing is difficult while crying. Each and every post here has touched me and I thank you so much for that. I know you all understand what I am experiencing... and I know there is no way to "fix it"... but the caring words do help.

Winston will be buried here at home tomorrow, under a tree where he can lie in the shade on our warm summer days. I have ordered a memory stone for him and will plant forget-me-nots around the stone.

I know I will rescue another dog sometime soon. It's clear his brother, Magnus, is at something of a loss today without Winston here. A few months ago Winston and I "talked" about me rescuing another dog and I know it is something he would want for Magnus and me.

I will print out your responses and put them in Winston's rescue file as they will always hold a place in my heart where Winston now lives.

Hugs... bikerchick