Its been a sad week... my family dog, Ruby, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday and we miss her so much already. About a week ago, a huge lump appeared on the side of her ribs, which was initially thought to be a tumor and then we received some hope when they discovered that it was just fatty tissue that had built up. On Tuesday my parents took her in to have the lump removed and the Dr. found a tumor underneath it that was already spreading into her bones, so they had to put her down. Its amazing, especially for someone like me who is not a huge pet lover, how much she was a part of our family. It was so difficult to tell Aidan, who really loved and enjoyed her. How do you explain to these little people what it means to die? He was SO sad and had a million questions after, which gave me a good opportunity to talk to him about what it means to die. I'm sad for my parents...they just became empty nesters and I know Ruby was such a comfort to them. We will miss her!
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Oh my gosh! SAD. It is definitely hard to explain that kind of thing to kids.
That is so sad. She was such a pretty dog. I hope the kids took it okay. We had a friend who had a foster son that Ethan met once at their house. Ethan was fascinated by this boy. He recently died but Ethan kept asking about him and where he was. It is really hard to explain to such a little guy. Oh a brighter note we are going to be visiting Utah at the end of August. I hope you guys will be around so we can visit. ~Meredith
Sad day! That story is so similar to the story of our family dog. We're contemplating getting an animal for our kids and stories like this make me wonder if we can handle the heart-ache that eventually comes! (But the love is worth it, right?)
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