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My Bestest Buddy, Bentley, Crossed Over The Rainbow Bridge This Morning
May 03, 2022, 01:53 AM
bigdealMy Bestest Buddy, Bentley, Crossed Over The Rainbow Bridge This Morning
Bentley looked like a gorgeous kitty. Sorry to hear about his passing.
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May 03, 2022, 02:15 AM
Todd HuffmanSorry for your loss.
Here's to the sunny slopes of long ago. May 03, 2022, 06:18 AM
Spiff_P239So sorry to hear about Bentley’s passing. I don’t know what I’d do without my furry friends. Tabitha is asleep by my feet and Scout is snoring away a few feet from the bed as I type this. They truly do take a piece of you when they go.
May 03, 2022, 06:34 AM
BeancookerI’m really sorry that you lost your friend.
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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
I'd fly to Turks and Caicos with live ammo falling out of my pockets before getting within spitting distance of NJ with a firearm.
May 03, 2022, 06:49 AM
xantomSo sorry for your loss. You gave Bentley a good home and a better life than most animals will ever have. When the time comes you will find another animal to spoil.
"We've done four already, but now we're steady..." May 03, 2022, 07:54 AM
rainman64I have been there and I wish you the best.
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May 03, 2022, 08:42 AM
ensigmaticFrom the bottom of my heart: Thanks so much, everybody, for your expressions of sympathy. It helps. It really does.
Y'all are the best ever
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rsboloYou have my condolences Ensigmatic. I am very sorry for your loss.
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May 03, 2022, 04:23 PM
UnderdogVery sorry for your loss Ensigmatic.
It's nice the community here is so understanding.
All I have left of my father is his dog. He means quite a bit to me so I have a lot of empathy for you.
May 03, 2022, 04:29 PM
MrToadSincere condolences, Ensigmatic.
If you like religion, laws or sausage, then you shouldn't watch them being made. May 03, 2022, 10:57 PM
joel9507RIP, Bentley.
Condolences on the loss of your buddy.
May 04, 2022, 03:10 AM
357fuzzSorry for your loss. A fine looking feline. May he Rest In Peace.
May 04, 2022, 03:28 AM
Elk HunterSo very sorry to read about Bentley!! Condolences on your loss! I know about the pain from such a loss. Been down that road a couple times.
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May 04, 2022, 08:42 PM
slabsides45Bentley was a seriously handsome boy. I'm so sorry for your loss, and hope that his memory brings you solace.
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May 04, 2022, 11:27 PM
Rey HRHWow. To hear that he coded while being processed must have been tough. Sorry for your loss.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
May 05, 2022, 06:28 AM
Bob RISo sorry for your loss. Bentley was a handsome fella and lucky to be a part of your family.
May 05, 2022, 08:34 AM
Jeff YarchinSo sorry for your loss, brother.
May 05, 2022, 09:38 AM
tiwimonCondolences, what a beauty of a kitty.
You are so very right though, it truly never does get easier - and we have lost many over the years. Embrace those memories and moments!
May 05, 2022, 10:38 AM
ensigmaticquote:
Originally posted by Rey HRH:
Wow. To hear that he coded while being processed must have been tough. Sorry for your loss.
Yeah, that's been one of the worst parts--thinking of how that must've been for him. It's heartbreaking
I don't dwell on it, because then I start feeling guilty for doing that to him. I have to remind myself "What else could we have done?", but it doesn't help much.
*sigh*... Earlier this morning I got up out of my chair in the computer room and, as I turned, thought I caught his tail out of the corner of my eye. Without thinking I turned to look and...
I've heard of this kind of thing happening with others who'd lost loved ones. Never happened to me before.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe
"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher May 05, 2022, 11:13 AM
Rey HRHquote:
Originally posted by ensigmatic:
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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
Wow. To hear that he coded while being processed must have been tough. Sorry for your loss.
Yeah, that's been one of the worst parts--thinking of how that must've been for him. It's heartbreaking
I don't dwell on it, because then I start feeling guilty for doing that to him. I have to remind myself "What else could we have done?", but it doesn't help much.
No, don't feel guilty about trying to help your pet; it's not like you were ignorant or should have known better. It was his time to go; I would prefer that for my pets rather than prolong their lives beyond a reasonable quality of life just for my need of their companionship.
I'm probably in the minority and maybe I'm morbid but from time to time, I think about the time when my pets and I have to part. They're sisters and I saw how I reacted to their mother dying because we were staying at the house where their mother and dad were at the time. They were whining a little but I saw one of them bobbing her head up and down uncontrollably like she was sobbing but no tears were coming out.
In the days following, when we let them out in the yard, they would make a special line to where their mother was buried and lingered there for a bit.
Your pet is grateful you let him go his way; he gave you a lifetime of companionship that you two shared.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.