[Gpdd] [RAINBOW BRIDGE] Condolences for Mattie

[DebJonSara at aol.com]

Oh no, we seem to be going through another spate of sad departures to the  
Rainbow Bridge, and every sad story brings tears to my eyes, as I am sure is  
true of everyone who reads them.
 
Susan, you wrote a lovely obituary for your little Mattie, and he was  
obviously quite a character. Six is a very good age for a piggie, and he  obviously 
enjoyed a full, active and blissful life with you and his piggie  companions. 
I'm so sorry he became ill towards the end, but you know you did all  you 
could for him, and he will have known that as well - he knew he was a very  much 
loved piggie. Guess it was just time for him to rejoin his wife and  daughter, 
and they will wait for you now in the sunfilled dandelion meadows  until you 
can all cross the Rainbow Bridge together.
 
I can't imagine how it must feel to lose ones very last piggie. As you may  
know, I still have 16, and they are all creeping up to the 3 - 4 year old mark. 
 It breaks my heart when any of them pass on, but to lose the very last ... 
it  must be truly heartwrenching. I wonder if another couple will worm their 
way  onto your lives before long ... sometimes I think the piggies that have 
gone  "steer" new ones towards us. Piggie slavery always brings deep pain when 
the  time comes to part, but I do feel it is outweighed by the joy of sharing 
ones  life with these exquisite little creatures.
 
Please take some comfort in the fact that others care and share your  grief
 
Debbie (and the Dolly Mixtures)