[Gpdd] Rainbow Bridge: Rose

[Algernon07 at aol.com]

Dear Katie,
       I am so sorry to read about Rose. Like you, I couldn't post about 
Ebeneezer WoollyBear (maybe he was related to your Wooly Bear?) right away either. 
I tried but it hurt too much.
       Frankly, I am overwhelmed by the worries and sadnesse we've shared 
these last months. Even as I write this, Jenni's Beethoven is awaiting a serious 
bladder stone surgery. My little guys say he's going to make it just fine, and 
I believe he will, but the losses have been so great this year. 
       And we are all saddened to hear that George the GP has developed 
serious health problems.
       Now your little Rose has crossed the Bridge. One thing though -- 
she'll find lots of old friends and good company there. Not to mention an unending 
buffet!
       How old was she? That she had Glaucoma indicates that she may have 
lived a good long life. Did she, or was it cut short? It sounds like it all 
developed so suddenly. That's the way it was with my Wilson last week (though his 
problem were different that your Rosie's), but I am grateful to report that he 
came through, and being less than two years old I think he'll be ok now. 
Nonetheless, I truly thought I was going to lose him, too, and the idea was 
unbearable.
        I know firsthand how hard it is to go through those last hours -- or 
days as it was in Ebe's case. You may remember that he was misdiagnosed and it 
will always bother me that I didn't seek out a second opinion sooner. 
       But this is about you and your Rosie. The world never really will be 
the same for you -- it changed when Rosie crossed over the Bridge. The pain 
will slowly lessen only to come back full force from time to time, but please kep 
in mind that you loved her and gave her a good life. That means much. And you 
took her to the vet when you realized something was very wrong. You cared not 
only on a feeling level but on an action level as well.
       `I know you made Rosie's life happy as she enriched yours. I know it 
may not seem like much of a consolation right now, but when we read about the 
discarded piggies, the homeless piggies... life was kind to your little one and 
it was through you that she knew that kindness.
       Bodies, human and animal, are not designed to last forever, so daring 
to love is one of the bravest actions of all.
       I was so touched to read that she was such a sweatheart and that she 
"never got into any trouble or fights." What a gentle and sweet little soul she 
must have had. She will be most welcome at the Bridge.

God bless,
Alge and the Jolly Rodents, including our Ebeneezer who awaits us on the 
other side of the Bridge. He was the Jolliest Rodent of their little trio.