tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284130410123072156.post6731509488787752427..comments2023-05-24T04:23:07.096-05:00Comments on Mark Liebenow - Grief (formerly Widowers Grief): BlessingsMark Liebenowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096346779312780404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284130410123072156.post-67836140532788781322017-04-23T16:21:17.201-05:002017-04-23T16:21:17.201-05:00No, nothing lessens the pain. Nothing takes it awa...No, nothing lessens the pain. Nothing takes it away. It is a loss that stays with us because our pets accept us as we are. And I think they love us because of who we are. They see our goodness and what makes us lovable. That they want to be with us says much about who we are and what is in our hearts. This remains, even though a big part is pulled out when they die. My Buff died almost two years ago, and I miss him greatly still.Mark Liebenowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03096346779312780404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284130410123072156.post-88577739506407300492017-04-23T07:32:21.300-05:002017-04-23T07:32:21.300-05:00I just wanted To say thank you for your posts on p...I just wanted To say thank you for your posts on pet loss. They express what I cannot express to others. I have just lost my best friend, my wee Cairn Terrier Max, so unexpectedly and quickly on 25 March. I am lost without him. I knew he would shatter my already sore heart into a million peices, I knew. I knew he would be my last because he was my best, my once in a lifetime boy. Now it's happened and I'm just totally lost, disconnected from everything and everyone. There was just him and me and he made this house our home. He was my child (my 'best boy'), my partner, family, companion, my reason to connect with the outside world, my entertainer and funny guy, the other heartbeat in our home. He was my devoted follower and my adored leader. I could go on and on and never explain all that he was and is to me. Quite simply, he was my heart and soul, my life, my everything. He pulled me through deep grief for my beautiful old cat Leonard and kept me afloat every day. There's no-one to pull me through losing Max. No-one needs or wants me like he did, but I needed him more than he needed me, just to stay in the world. I'm without purpose and desire and want nothing more than to be with him. The grief, guilt, regret are killing me - he gave his all while I came up a poor second, unworthy of all he gave me. It's such an isolating grief. Your posts express how they are not 'just' animals and how it hurts as bad if not worse than losing closest family members, because they are our closet family members, unequalled in their purity of love and trust, just irreplaceable. Thank you. Nothing lessens the pain, but just to be understood is something.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554873411769988116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284130410123072156.post-32456648458873408152017-03-05T07:28:46.127-06:002017-03-05T07:28:46.127-06:00Thank you, Maryanne.Thank you, Maryanne.Mark Liebenowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03096346779312780404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284130410123072156.post-72826047774730101032017-03-05T07:18:05.814-06:002017-03-05T07:18:05.814-06:00I LOVE this blog about finding the blessings in gr...I LOVE this blog about finding the blessings in grief!! You have captured beautifully how incredible it is to begin to see the good things in life again, after so much sorrow and sadness and darkness. Like you say, it is as if a veil begins to lift. <br />MaryanneUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834801216042983750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284130410123072156.post-74099408586355790882017-02-26T07:22:07.881-06:002017-02-26T07:22:07.881-06:00You're welcome.You're welcome.Mark Liebenowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03096346779312780404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284130410123072156.post-3618917377390613502017-02-25T21:48:45.260-06:002017-02-25T21:48:45.260-06:00Oh you got me again. So, so beautiful Mark. Than...Oh you got me again. So, so beautiful Mark. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing the things you do. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716662644306264868noreply@blogger.com