• Toni Noel posted an update 3 years ago

    Thank you to all who joined our group meeting. It is so nice to hear that some are healing enough to once again open hearts and homes to new loves. To those who recently said goodbye, we are here for you. Share your feelings, your stories…anything you like. Healing is a process and takes time. You are among understanding friends. ❤️Toni

  • Toni Noel posted a new activity comment 3 years ago

    Click our logo at the top left of this page. You are welcome to light as many as you like. I hope with each one you feel the love you are sending them 💔
    • Toni Noel posted a new activity comment 3 years ago

      Brony, you say it all so beautifully. Sending you, crazy Lucy and Lulu 🤗🤗🤗🤗❤️Toni
      • Toni Noel posted a new activity comment 3 years ago

        Oh Beverly, our pets count on us, trust us, to do what’s best for them, not us. Sometimes what’s best is to help them to a peaceful passing. Most of us here have had to make the difficult decision of when it time to stop, and grant them comfort. I’ve done it three times this past 1 1/2 years and it’s always awful, but good, knowing they aren’t suffering anymore. An enlarged bowel could have ruptured causing Bandit extreme agony. It’s good you didn’t let that happen, don’t you think? (Walter had a mass on his intestines and bowels and that was the main reason I let him go – so it wouldn’t rupture). You know you did everything you could, always in Bnadit’s best interest. Now you have to crawl through the deep pain of parting to get to a point of finding smiles before tears with his memories. I hope you’ll join us Thursday to talk about Bandit. (Under “Events). 💔🤗Toni
        • Toni Noel posted a new activity comment 3 years ago

          Diane, you are welcome to light another candle on the anniversary of Eddie’s passing. And, on the anniversary of his birthday or adoption day! Join us Thursday for our group meeting if you like. Anniversaries, especially the first, bring up many emotions and memories. I hope you think of the many fun, funny and loving times you and Eddie shared. We’re thinking of you 💔Toni
          • Toni Noel posted a new activity comment 3 years ago

            Please come to our meeting this Thursday July 20th, Christina. I think it will be good for you to talk about June with us. Link is under “Events” Toni
            • Toni Noel posted a new activity comment 3 years ago

              Oh Donna, I am so very sorry for your loss. What a beauty. The pain of parting is unlike any other. It’s deep. Real. And while we know in our heads Diamond girl shared a full and loving life with you, our hearts break. Please join our group meeting this Thursday, Donna. You will meet undertsanding and supportive people who want to hear about your life with Diamond girl. (Is that her name, or is it just Diamond?). I am sending you my heartfely sympathy. Toni
              Link to meeting is under “Events”
              • Toni Noel posted a new activity comment 3 years ago

                Renee, how are you today? Toni
                • Toni Noel posted an update 3 years ago

                  @chantet0618419 Enchante, Chante :-). Welcome to our caring community. Please tell us about your pet/s, and share some photos if you like. Are you with a landscaping company? Are you familiar with Let Your Love Grow? It is a ferilizing compound specially formulated to neutralize cremated remains (people and pets), nourishes plants and allows the remains to become a part of the plant! https://letyourlovegrow.com/pages/losing-a-pet
                  Their link is on the right side of this page, too.
                  I hope you are doing okay, Chante. Are you? We know the pain of parting from a beloved pet and are here to support you. Toni

                • Toni Noel posted a new activity comment 3 years ago

                  It’s so nice to hear that you opened your home and heart to “crazy Lucy” (That’s what we’re calling her from now on). May we see photos of Lulu and Lucy? Ten days after my BG died, a friends’ mom went into a rehab facility after a fall and I brought her 1 year old kitty, Boots, into my home. I absolutely had no intention of having another pet at that time, I was still heavily grieving my loss, but Boots was so young, lively and sweet that I HAD to enjoy him. It made me realize again that ‘every leaf falls from the tree’ and BG had a wonderful five years with me. A new pet doesn’t replace one, they bring new joy and love. No one should ever feel pressured to adopt unless or until they are ready and able to devote the time, care and love it takes. But having Boots really helped heal my broken heart. (He went back to his mom, which broke it again, but he’s happy). I hope to “meet” you at Thursday’s group. Sending you and Crazy Lucy {BIG HUGS) 🤗🤗Toni
                  • Toni Noel posted a new activity comment 3 years ago

                    WE understand, Lisa. We’re here for you. You will never hear “just get over it” here. What you will find are caring people who are working through the deep pain and grief of saying goodbye to a beloved baby. I encourage you to join our group meeting this Thursday because we share not only feelings, but ways to move forward that you might find helpful. Please continue to let us know how you are doing. {{BIG HUGS}} Toni
                    Link to meeting is under “Events”
                    • Toni Noel posted a new activity comment 3 years ago

                      So much sadness, Karen. I am very sorry. Isn’t it wonderful for you to have Lily Belle and Alfie now? And how knid of you to adopt, especially hearing Alfie’s story. It’s good to hear that Alfie is starting to feel safe and is slowly warming up to men. Please keep sharing your stories with us. We’d love to see pictures of them, too 💕Toni
                      • Toni Noel posted a new activity comment 3 years ago

                        How kind of you to adopt, Dana. Can you inagine being stuck in a cage in a strange place and not knowing why or what happened? Poor little thing. What is her name? Can you join us this Thursday and talk about Grunt-Grunt with us? Toni
                        • Toni Noel posted an update 3 years ago

                          @bronyhootscoot Brony, how are you doing now? Toni

                          • It’s so nice to hear that you opened your home and heart to “crazy Lucy” (That’s what we’re calling her from now on). May we see photos of Lulu and Lucy? Ten days after my BG died, a friends’ mom went into a rehab facility after a fall and I brought her 1 year old kitty, Boots, into my home. I absolutely had no intention of having another pet at that time, I was still heavily grieving my loss, but Boots was so young, lively and sweet that I HAD to enjoy him. It made me realize again that ‘every leaf falls from the tree’ and BG had a wonderful five years with me. A new pet doesn’t replace one, they bring new joy and love. No one should ever feel pressured to adopt unless or until they are ready and able to devote the time, care and love it takes. But having Boots really helped heal my broken heart. (He went back to his mom, which broke it again, but he’s happy). I hope to “meet” you at Thursday’s group. Sending you and Crazy Lucy {BIG HUGS) 🤗🤗Toni
                            • Brony, I wish you all the best with your new Kitty, Lucy. I’m glad she makes you smile. I know she will help you with your loss of Lulu. Sending you hugs.
                            • Toni Noel posted an update 3 years ago

                              This Thursday, July 20th at 7PM EST – 4PM Pacific: Join our monthly group meeting to share with we who care. The log-in link is under “EVENTS” on the right side of this page. Toni

                            • Toni Noel posted a new activity comment 3 years ago

                              Spoiled rotten? Imagine that!! Lovely. And Gina, Thank You for rescuing dear PeeWee. Please tell us about your life together – how you met, how old PeeWee was when you met, what kind of pet he was …everything. It’s so sad that our pets are only “on loan” to us, and never for long enugh. But Gina, you wouldn’t trade your times with PeeWee for anything, right? I adopt older pets, fall in love with each of them, and while saying goodbye is devastating, I hope I gave them a good aging and end of life filled with care and love. Again, I send you my heartfelt sympathy and hope you will share more with us. Toni
                              • Toni Noel posted a new activity comment 3 years ago

                                Renee, I am, we are, so sorry. Saying goodbye is beyond anything, and knowing Gigi, and she you, the way you did, and the relationship you had, makes this time especially hard. What a beauty. Her kindness and intelligence are all expressed in this photo. Gigi knew you loved her. She would want you to honor your shared life by grieving, and being extremely happy and grateful for that, do you think? But that will come later for you. Your pain is deep, and real. I feel it. Renee, please, if you can, join us this Thursday July 20th on Zoom for our group meeting. I think it will help you to talk anout Gigi with our kind, caring and understanding friends. The link is under “Events”. If you can’t make it, please share more with us here because we are here for you. {{HUGE HUGS}. Toni
                                • Toni Noel posted an update 3 years ago

                                  @ddxtwo Hi Debbie. Please tell us about your baby. Are you doing okaY Toni

                                • Toni Noel posted an update 3 years ago

                                  @ddxtwo Hi Debbie. Is it CocoBella, or Coco and Bella? Please tell us your story about how you met, life together, and how you are doing. Our monthly group meeting is Thursday July 20th 7 PM EST and you are most wecome to join us to share. Toni

                                • Toni Noel posted an update 3 years ago

                                  @shelby Hello and welcome, Shelby. I am so sorry for your parting from Skeeter. What a fun name. How did you come to that? What kind of pet was Skeeter? May we see some pictures and hear about Skeeter? And Shelby, how are you doing? Okay? Not so good? We’re here for you.

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