It’s been 3 years, my dear Emma, and I still miss you every day. I miss holding you, working with you, and not being able to take a photo of you. Even though I have a million or so pictures of you, it is not enough. Taking photos of you made me so happy, and you loved being photographed.
You may not be here but you are in our hearts and minds every day. Your photos are hanging where they were the last time you were at home, your nose work ribbons and certificates are framed so we can all see them. Your bunny is on the night table by the bed, and all your other belongings are saved in your special box. I talk about you to your sisters all the time.
I miss traveling with you. You loved to travel so much. In your twelve short years, you went to so many places and saw so many things. Madison and Olivia have your love of travel and they are seeing a lot of the USA these days and are loving it. If only you could come along with us.
Madison always reminds me of you. Her dad, your half brother, left a part of you in her. She is serious like you, loves people, and is such a happy girl. I’m lucky to have her to remind me of you every day, but it also makes me sad because it reminds me of how much I miss you.
You sent me Olivia, I know that. Her litter was unplanned and she is a complete love child. She is the sports dog I always wanted and she is such a lover too. Her personality is nothing like yours but you know what I need and you sent her to me. Every time I go to nose work trials, I cry on the drive thinking of you, and I’ve cried a lot because Olivia has earned the title I always wanted for us.
Hopefully you and Katie are together having fun as you did here. The two of you were such an odd couple, but a great pair. I miss you both, the connections we had having lived in Germany together, is something no one else can understand. The three of us had some Grand adventures on two continents.
You know I talk to you all the time. You see my tears, and hopefully one day I will have more smiles for you than tears. This day three years ago devastated me. I never imagined I would lose you that day and I still can’t believe it happened. If only I could hold you and whisper into your beautiful ears how much I love you just one more time. It will have to wait until we meet again, but until then, know you are with me and in my heart forever. Love, Mom
It’s so hard to lose our beloved furkids and we never stop thinking about them. Emma was such a beautiful girl. Huge hugs to you♥
Losing her so unexpectedly really makes is so much harder.
Sending comforting thoughts to you on this sad anniversary. She is missed.
It kind of puts a damper on Halloween every year, but we still try to celebrate.
Sending you big healing hugs. ♥♥♥
Thank you.
Tears will change to smiles when the heart lets it. She will always been with you and watching over the four of you.
We know she is with us but Mom still misses having her actually here so much.
💔❤😭😭 I feel your pain. That was a beautiful, heartfelt tribute to Emma. I miss her so much as well.. Hugs, Betsy
Thank you. She was so very special in so many ways and she left so suddenly and unexpectedly.
Sending you love, gentle purrs, and all good thoughts as you remember your sweet and beautiful Emma.
Thank you.
Sending you big, gentle hugs and comforting thoughts. This is a beautiful tribute to sweet Emma. We miss her, too…her posts always made me smile and inspired me. I’m glad you have Bailie, Madison, and Olivia.
Mom is always thankful for the three of us and she loves us all so much but Emma is missing from the family. Hopefully time will keep healing the pain of losing her.
I miss her presence on the blog but I can always picture her here with her sisters.
It’s so hard to lose them.
It is hard to lose them but out of the blue so quickly, with no time to even react makes it so much harder. Thankfully I have the three girls to love and be loved by. If I had no other dog, it would be so much worse.
What a beautiful love letter. I have tears in my eyes. I think everyone that knew Emma or heard about her misses her.
Thank you. She truly was a special girl who know how to capture people and she loved being the center of it all and having everyone know and love her.
Such a lovely tribute to your sweet Emma. It did get us a bit weepy too. Hugs.
Thank you. I still remember meeting you at the DC BlogPaws when I had the Emma cut out. She was a special girl.
Mom found your blog originally because of Emma! Mom and my brother Dash read the blog when it was Emma’s and they smiled about her antics, enjoyed her recipes, smiled at her funny pictures. Mom misses Dash so much too — she thinks she has some idea of what your mom feels. Dash was her heart-dog, he went right into her heart the minute they met and he has stayed there. She says he saved her life! She was in a new city and feeling so lonely and sad. And when he came along and needed to go for walks and adventures… she had to go too! So her life opened up wide as they tried all kinds of new things. i came along and got to join in. I miss Dash too. He taught me so many things and I really really really liked being a little sister. I don’t too much like being a big sister. This was a nice post in memory and in honor of Emma, and we loved all the pictures. your friend, Lilly
Thank you, Lily. We know how shocked we were to hear of Dash passing and then it happened to us too. That sudden, unexpected death is so very hard. Emma and Mom had a special bond as well moving back from Germany, finding the blog/photo thing that both loved. Life is all about change and we are happy Dash helped your mom deal with that as well. Hugs to you and our mom from all of us.
(((hugs)))
What a heartfelt tribute! She was such a blessing in your life. I feel your pain, having been down the same road of unexpected/premature death with my PBGV. Still miss her after 10 years. Know you are loved and hugged.
Thank you. It is something one really can’t deal with very well.
It’s so hard to lose them, I wish they could stay on this earth for longer, Emma was the first dogs blog we followed and we we loved her so much, I’m sure she’s up their racing around with Badger Boo as they could never meet in life because of distance. I promise you it does get slightly easier eventually and the smiles at memories will come one day (((((hugs)))))
Some are definitely harder to lose than others and Emma was one of those. I’m sure she is doing great up in heaven but I sure miss her here.
{sniffle} What a tender loving remembrance. Those heart dogs bring it out of us, don’t they. May the special memories provide enough comfort for your aching heart. ❤️🩹
The memories are all there, but they make me miss her so very much. One day I hope to be able to stop feeling so sad about her passing.
I’m sooo sorry I missed this post! I miss Emma too, she was truly a special, special woofie!! Sending you love and (((hugs)))
Mom just has trouble still with losing her because it happened so fast and she had no idea. She is still with us all every day in our hearts and minds.