Oliver was my little Maltese dog... my soul mate friend and companion.
When did you lose Oliver?
I lost Oliver on September 13th, 2011.... just a week after his 10th birthday... which we couldn't celebrate because he was so ill.
At which stage of pet loss grief do you feel you are currently at? Or how are you feeling right now?
I am not doing well yet at all. Today has been a very hard day. I wish I could just fall asleep...because I cannot stop crying.... and feel as if I can't get through today. I miss Oliver more than I can ever say.
Dayle and Oliver's Story so far
I had Oliver's parents... and so... I saw Oliver born. I fell in love with Oliver... and just had to keep him for myself. I had become very ill and had to find homes for Oliver's parents... but I had to keep Oliver. He was there with me through terrible surgeries and so much pain. He gave me so much comfort and the will to go on.
Ollie became my companion... when my marriage became unbearable. He became my child when my own children married. Oliver was my life. I knew that someday Ollie would leave my life... but he suddenly became very ill... and he was not even 10 years old. I thought I would have him for at least 3-4 more years. I never thought it would end the way it did. I could not bring Ollie back to health... the way he had helped me. I feel as if I somehow failed him. I just pray that we will be together again. This pain is at times more than I can bear. It is worse than my physical pain.
Dear Ollie...
I haven't written in a while. So much has happened. Wendy got pregnant. I saw her together with Ziggy exactly 1 year to the day of your …
Dear Sweet Angel...
It has been SO long that I have written. It has been crazy here. Wendy & Ziggy "got together"...exactly one year to the day of your …
My Little Buddy..
I finished the painting I did of you... and even though I'm not good with animals... I think somehow I caught your little spirit somehow. …
It was now Sept 13, 2011... a Tuesday. I called the vet... and he changed his mind about trying to find a mass. He said if I took you to another hospital... …
We had gotten through another night baby.. and I remember you standing by your water bowl... and you looked at me.. so sad. Your little eyes... just looking …
By this day last year Ollie... I was going out of my mind watching you starve yourself. I sometimes looked at you... and wished that you would just die …
Thinking again... about last year... re-living the last days you were here with me baby. Last night we sat in the parking lot of the hospital... but you …
Back to last year... at this time. Still on the 9th... you were still not yourself. Again, the night before we'd gone to the hospital... because you couldn't …
Again today sweetheart... thinking about last year... when we were still together. It had been your birthday on Sept 6th. You had a horrible day. You had …
Last year... you had come home from the hospital the night before your birthday. I tried right away to give you your steak. I knew that you would never …
I remember trying to get through the night Ollie. Morning finally came... and I wanted so much to go pick you up from the hospital. I called and they told …
Dearest baby boy...
Today it is one year from the day I took you to the hospital. That morning was a Sunday. Usually I would go to church... but I was …
Little Buddy...
It is nearing one year since I had to let you go. I am re-living every day of last year... knowing you were still with me at this time …
Dear Ollie...
It was 9 months ago that we parted on June 13, 2012. I awoke thinking about you... as I do every day sweet boy. I can't believe that so …
Dear baby boy...
Nearing 9 months that I lost you and it is still so new. I can't get through a day without thinking about you... and wondering if you …
Little Buddy, It is Mother's Day today. I can only think of you. Wendy is lying next to me... just like you used to do. But it is not you my little buddy. …
I'm back again my little buddy. It's a beautiful day here in CT but sweetheart... I wish it were cold and snowy or rainy.... because my heart is cold. …
Hi sweetheart..
It snowed so hard yesterday. It was the first real snow since October, when we got that big blizzard. Who ever would think there would …
Hi sweetheart... I wrote about you on Christmas Day... and I think I told you Bandit was coming soon. Last night Jimmy and Melissa came here with Bandit.. …
I'm back again baby boy. Christmas came and went... and I am so glad it is over. I thought of you... how last year... I remember taking a picture Christmas …
Ollie... I love you more than life. I count everyday as one day closer to seeing you again. You came into my life just 10 years ago... and you made me …