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[_] Anonymous 10/03/16(Mon)23:53:46 No.3158263
She passed away in her sleep a few hours ago.
She was fifteen years old.
Being away for school, I was unable to be there for her.
I will not be able to see her before she is buried either.
How can I say goodbye?
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>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)00:10:12 No.3158270
stuff the corpse so that you never have to say goodbye
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)00:16:50 No.3158275
IKTF Anon, my grandpa just passed away :(
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)00:16:58 No.3158276
>>3158270
It's not even my decision at this point.
They are burying her this week and are considering having her cremated first.
By the time I will be able to return home, all that will be left is ash and dirt.
It is too surreal to see someone one day and then the next time you look there is no trace of
their existence on this world.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)00:19:50 No.3158277
>>3158276
wait, are we talking about the bird or something else?
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)00:23:18 No.3158280
>>3158277
I was talking about my dog.
I could not put that in the subject line because they filter it as spam now.
In fact I cannot say the line verbatim in this reply either.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)00:30:15 No.3158283
It's easy to say, but you need to understand that neither time nor distance is a barrier to love.
No matter how far away she was in this world, she was always there in your heart.
And that's what matters, anon.
Saying goodbye is not some official gesture, nor is it something that has to be witnessed or
approved by other people. No. Saying goodbye is you - and you alone - coming to terms with
reality and choosing to move ahead.
It doesn't mean that the pain will go away. If it were only that easy, anon! It means you
acknowledge that she's passed away, and you decide to honor her life by living yours as best you
can.
In death we are all equal, but in life we have the chance to be happiest person there ever was.
And anon, she would want you to take that chance.
So say goodbye in your own way, and choose to move forward, so that you can experience all she
never can again, and that you never squander what she no longer has.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)00:53:29 No.3158289
>>3158283
Thank you for the advice.
I will take this to heart in these next few days.
i appreciate your time to type out a reply to what might've seemed like a copy paste thread at
first glance.
While what I meant by saying goodbye surely wasn't actually about the physical act of a farewell,
I do certainly feel some instantaneous regret for not being there to actually say goodbye.
There is indeed an entirely seperate value to be gained from actually expressing this to someone,
as they get to know your feelings for them in their final days.
I know that in her age her mind had started to leave her, and I do not know if she could truly
recognIze me anymore, but still I wish I could have properly conveyed my love for her in some way
that she could feel.
There is a lot that I will need to accept.
I think reading your post has helped me take some of those first steps towards that.
I sincerely thank you, whoever you are, and wish you the best.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)01:59:29 No.3158322
>>3158263
by not posting this faggot ass flash
fuck you
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)02:37:59 No.3158346
sorry for your loss, best bird video
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)02:40:27 No.3158347
>>3158346
and to answer your question definitely posting that here. good feels.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)02:47:58 No.3158349
>>3158289
I'm glad to be there for you. I've had to deal with this same situation three separate times as
my childhood cats each passed away. Each time my parents called me and told me what happened, it
felt like some part of me died, like some part of my past suddenly vanished and no longer meant
anything.
But anon, the one thing I desperately hope you understand is this:
She knew you loved her. She knew that she was loved. She knew, even as the end came, that you
would have moved heaven and earth to make a difference, but that reality intervened. Love has no
limits to time, place, or situation. That's what I meant when I said that she would always be in
your heart.
That you spent however many years of your life together is all the proof that's needed to know
she led a life full of love. The circumstances of her death can never - NEVER - overcome the love
that you shared with her. There can be regret that you weren't there at the end of things, but it
is a pale afterthought to the good memories you carry of her life. The journey is no less
important because you missed the end.
My folks said that when they had to put one of our pets down, they were "Walking the Green Mile."
I eventually realized that they subconsciously said that our pets had stuck with us for
nine-hundred-ninety-nine miles out of a thousand, and they loved us every step of the way. How
they left us - how they died - is just a footnote to the volumes of stories they left us with.
And your post here, your open admission to your pain and regret, is part of the story she left
with you. And I think that she would want you to accept this change, to close this chapter of
life, and to start another knowing that everything that came before will help to shape what is to
come. The future may be different, but it will never invalidate the past. As lame as it sounds,
you live, you learn, you love. You always love.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)04:23:57 No.3158366
>>3158263
My doge died today :(
>http://prntscr.com/cpm1by
huh.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)04:27:40 No.3158367
>tfw your dog is 16 years old and you know she doesn't have very much time left
It's so hard to watch her struggle, i don't want her to suffer, but I can't bear the thought of
life without her
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)06:05:49 No.3158391
>>3158263
My nan passed away this morning.
98 years is a long time to have lived.
Both world wars, space travel.. a bunch of other things that she's witnessed.
R.I.P. Sheila
>> [_] Anonymous 10/04/16(Tue)10:02:30 No.3158425
rest in peace for your loss OP and everyone in this thread.
