Peaches
July 25, 2006 – November 21, 2018
Peaches Was Part of Our Family From
April 20, 2018 – November 21, 2018.
She passed over The Rainbow Bridge at 3pm, in my arms with me loving her, petting her and talking to her. It was very peaceful as her beautiful, clear, deep eyes, which were looking at me, turned cloudy when her Energy left and she was gone.
She will spend one last night “sleeping” with us and then be wrapped in gold, raw silk for a Spring burial.
Now she is frolicking on the other side with all three Abigails:), Heidi, Gretchen and Portia as they wait to greet me en masse one day in the future.
Our time together was all too brief. Peaches brought so much JOY to so many. Not just the Friends who followed her here but to THOUSANDS of total strangers, often hundreds a day, as we were out and about.
She will be REMEMBERED and MISSED!
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
(mary elizabeth frye – 1932)
Cancer:( We were fortunate in the fact that the first signs were just 4 days before Peaches passed. I thought she had congestive heart failure when I took her to the Vet. Xrays showed that she was riddled with cancer. An egg size tumor in her stomach and smaller tumors (plural) in kidneys and lungs.
Her time with us was all too short! 7 months and 1 day but I kept my promise to her and she was loved and well cared for “for whatever time she had left”. The void she leaves is enormous.
It won’t surprise any of you that Peaches leaves behind OVER 5000 pictures:):):)
She may be the most photographed and best known Adopted Senior Canine ever!!!!
The First Picture is the day before she passed when she had that pre-passing surge and came up to give me our regular morning greeting which involved lots of kisses (face and head washing)
The Second Picture is just 5 days before she passed.
The Third Picture is one of my favorites.
The Fourth Picture is a summer lunch visit with Aunt Gretchen Greer.
The Fifth Picture was taken by Gretchen on the Day we met! Little knowing how glorious our time together would be ……. or how brief.
I hope all the pictures will help as I work to adjust to the void Peaches left. Noticeable at every point in the day!
Peaches LOVED riding in the van and went with me every time I went somewhere! She never minded waiting while I ran an errand and would be watching for me as I returned:) We never did get to take a long trip:( We did have 5 overnights. A single and 2 doubles. She loved it. The bed in the van is narrow (34″) so she would go to sleep up by my head & shoulders and then when daylight appeared move down by my feet so she could watch (read GUARD) out the window! I would wake up with her head resting on my calf and her eyes watching out the window.
Next – Pictures from our FIRST day together – after signing the adoption papers on April 20th – this year.
An all too short but PERFECT love affair!
Now, Peaches’ Chair is empty and My Heart Aches.
I haven’t figured out why Peaches was SO SPECIAL. I have loved and deeply mourned all my Canine Kids! There was something different about Peaches. She was a BIG DOG in a small body:) People thought her bark was a big dog bark when they couldn’t see her and commented on her bark when they could:) The vet said her cancer was seldom seen in small dogs – Peaches had BIG Dog cancer!
In time, I will open my heart, home and life to another Senior Canine that needs loving care for whatever time she has left. Probably in the Spring unless my path crosses with the right canine before that.
I know Peaches would want another to enjoy the life and benefits she had for her final 7 months and 1 day!
I love you both.
So sad for your loss. I cared for a friend’s elderly cat for 8 months and could not believe how attached I got to her in such a brief time. I was her hospice nurse and she was the sweetest cat ever. TY for taking care of an elder fur baby.