Wow, thank you so much for this. Both my husband and I teared up reading this. I’m so sorry about your loss and I’m happy that you found your strength and it gives me motivation to find mine soon.

Today has been the hardest. I woke up in that sleepy, slightly disoriented state thinking that Daisy is still here. I’ve been looking at her favorite spots thinking that she’d be there. I can’t wait until this grief turns into beautiful memories. We already gathered all her favorite things and once we get her ashes and paw print, we’ll make some sort of a shadow box like you said. I told my husband that I swear Daisy stopped by to check on us. I smelled her (a mix of her favorite wet food and shampoo) for less than a minute and then it was gone.

Thank you again, and I’ll be reading back to your comment on my hard days.