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Friday, January 30, 2004 Everyday, I still think of Cookie, but I wonder what I did to be so lucky to have had her in my life. That fateful afternoon -- the last one Cookie ever experienced -- Dr. V told me that animals are brought into our lives for a reason. These reasons are not some we always see while the animals are there or even soon after they are gone, but they indeed teach us a lesson. This made me think. I had an incredible childhood, with no great traumas except for the deaths of my grandparents. Each death came during a time in my life that would forever change me. or as Dr. Phil would call it, a defining moment. Because of these deaths, I truly think it affected the way I ended up loving and trusting people. If you read any of these past blogs, you will know just how much I loved my grandparents, thus losing them was particularly tragic. In some way, I think these losses kept me from being able to love anyone or anything fully out of fear of abandonment. Having Cookie though taught me, to a certan extent how to let go of these issues. She allowed me to love her without real fear or reservation. There is really no way to love and bond with a pet only partially. They are like children who need 100% of your heart and in return, give you ten times that love. I always feared losing Cookie but I knew I couldn't let that prevent me from bonding and sharing my life with her. Each day, each moment we spent together was very special. Only now, am I slowly beginning to realize and even see what Dr. V had told me. She said if there is illness or some kind of issues in it's owner's life, a pet sort of takes on that stress or illness, as if they are a conduit, taking that stress away from their owner. Cookie only began to help me heal in those four years and made a remarkable difference in my life. Which is why I think I'm having a particularly difficult time in dealing with her loss. Cookie taught me to open up and not be so consumed by fear, but I always knew that her passing would be an extremely painful and profound loss. posted by lisa | linkorama | |
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