Blackberry Has Crossed

My sweet three-legged girl Blackberry crossed the RB today with lung cancer. Everything happened so fast; she was PTS today. She is the cat in my avatar, back before her leg was amputated. My heart is broken and I do not know what to do. Please somebody help me.

Hello, I'm so very sorry this happened.

You were incredibly courageous and strong to give your baby peace and freedom from the pain and the struggle.

RIP sweetheart Blackberry, you were so very loved and treasured, and you will be remembered always. You are now in a place of everlasting sunshine.

Maybe this will help a little:

Grieving

I'm so sorry to hear this.



I remember you telling us all about Blackberry, how she was injured and lost her leg. She must have been such a tough little girl.

Right now all I can tell you is to cry as much as you need to. Don't try to hold anything back, crying is very cathartic and it will help you more than words can right now.

In the future there will be time for choosing a way to celebrate her life and mark her passing, but for now just let the tears flow and know that we're all here with you.

Breathe.



Love and hugs to you. Rest In Peace Blackberry.

I am so sorry. Blackberry may be gone from her former body, but she lives on in spirit - through you. She will never forget what you did for her, and you can at least take some solace in the fact that you gave her a wonderful life.

There is nothing any of us can say that will take your pain away. We can only grieve, cry, and feel sorrow with you.

Oh nurseangel I'm so, so sorry.
I know the pain feels insurmountable, but you will get there.
I'm thinking of you

I'm so very sorry. The loss is overwhelming at first. When I lost my first kitty, I didn't know what I was going to do. As Norachan said, you cry, and breathe, and cry some more. One day at a time. And then one day, it's a little better. It really is.

Come post here when you need some support, we're here.

When I lost my last cat I felt like I would never stop crying. Eventually the pain started to subside and the good memories came back.

So, so many hugs headed your way, Angie.

I don't have any words. Just lots of

I'm so, so sorry, Angie. RIP, Blackberry.

nurseangel said:

My sweet three-legged girl Blackberry crossed the RB today with lung cancer. Everything happened so fast; she was PTS today. She is the cat in my avatar, back before her leg was amputated. My heart is broken and I do not know what to do. Please somebody help me.

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Please be strong. Blackberry would not want you to feel this way.

Please find courage and consolation to the thought that your baby girl is now free from any physical pain she could have suffered due to her illness. She now runs around free, on all four legs, in an endless field of grass and flowers.

You gave her the best life possible. You loved her with a kind of love that will last beyond physical demise. She now looks down on you, with a smile and full of love and gratitude.

Hang in there.

God bless you, you did all that you could possibly do, you gave her love, and comfort and now you have given her freedom from pain and suffering. I am sorry for your loss and your heart is broken, but your blackberry soul will be still in your heart and she will be around you in your waking life. She will look after you even though she is in heaven. Suffering is worse when its a day longer than it needs to be and now she is free from suffering from cancer. When my grandmother was in nursing home dying from cancer she was in the last stage where she was being kept alive with fluids because my dad didn't want to let her go. On that day i went home and sat in the rain and i prayed to god that he would take her so that he would end her suffering. The next morning at 7 am we received a call from the aged care that she passed away that morning. And she did suffer alot she was gasping for air and couldn't talk. You did the humanest thing you could do for a living being that cannot tell you that they are suffering. It hurts deeply to make this terrible decision to let go. Im sorry that you had to go through this.

As you, yourself, have helped so many by giving comforting words and sending your own prayers, I pray that knowing so many are here to give you what help you need to get through these dark days is in itself a comfort to your own grieving heart.
I remember you sending comforting words my way when I needed them the most. I truly hope that knowing I am sending back my own thoughts and prayers will comfort your soul in some small way. The power of a friends comfort is amazing. It can lessen your burden if you let it, and somehow bring a light into the impossibly black hole that is left in your heart with your loved one's passing.
Time is the ONLY thing that helps. Let it bring about a healing to that broken heart. Time will dull the sharp edges of grief, until the day comes that we realize that our loved ones are as close as our thoughts and prayers. That although their earthy presence is no longer with us, the bond of love we built with them will be intertwined with our very souls for eternity. "Death cannot take away that which never dies". Love is a spiritual entity, so will be a part of us forever.
I took great comfort in knowing my own Chrissy loved life so very much that she would never want me to be so sad for the rest of my life. And because of that know that Blackberry, being the beautiful little warrior she was, would want the same for you. That life is meant to bring joy and happiness, to gather up what life has to offer and to treasure every second we are given. None of us are guaranteed a tomorrow. Every living thing will come to an end in time, it is beyond our abilities to have control over matters like this. Do not let Blackberries death take on more importance in your own life than her wonderful life. That is not her will for someone she loves so much.
Send her thoughts of love and comfort and she will do the same. She lives on through you now, so make your life one of joy and happiness, not never ending grief. She needs to know you will be OK, that you will take the legacy of love she left you and pass it on to others who so desperately need it, and she will draw peace from that.
I'm so sorry nurseangel for your unimaginable loss. I'll keep you and that beautiful little girl in my thoughts and prayers. I have known such loss and would never wish it on anyone, my tears fall for your pain.......RP beautiful Blackberry, you will be dearly missed, your precious face will be imprinted forever on a loving heart. May the good Lord bless and keep you, until you meet again! Good night, sleep tight, little Princess!

I am so sorry that you lost your little friend, she had a lot of bad things to deal with but she also had one great thing, you, you took great care of her and she is fine now, just fine, glad to have shed her broken body and her spirit soars now, you will meet again one day and it will be wonderful....

"Their last breath on Earth is their first breath in Heaven"

I hope that your heart heals a bit more each day, God Bless....

Rest you gentle, Blackberry, dream you deep. You walk in someone's heart forever.

I am so very, very sorry for your loss. For now, just grieve. Cry when you must, talk to us here when you feel that will help. One day at a time. It will take time, but very slowly the sweet memories will overtake the pain of losing her, although that will never go entirely. It will, however, become an aching scar, rather than a tearing wound.

Gone on, gone ahead...and you did the most unselfish thing we ever do. You helped Blackberry shrug off that heavy coat of fur and flesh that could no longer support her sweet spirit and loving heart. Now she dances on sunlight in a place where eternity is only a moment. Her only sorrow is your grief, and she dances awaiting that future when you, in the fullness of time, join her there in joyous reunion. Dance on, sweet Blackberry, dance on!

Oh, Angie, I'm so sorry . Just know we are all here for you.

Run free at the bridge, sweet angel, Blackberry

In the silence when you think you can't bear it, she will come. Brushing against your arm, you'll feel her fur, hear her soft voice. The transformation is just that, the transformation from the physical to the spiritual, nothing more. No bonds are broken, no love lost. Your heart to hers, hers to yours forever one, never apart. Soon you'll find joy and again share it with her. She guards you now, she sleeps against your chest, waiting, holding your pain, soothing you. In time she'll lead you to the next one, the one she sends to you. But always she'll be there watching, helping, guiding.

nurseangel ,
It's sad you had to say good-bye to Blackberry, but you did what it was best for her.
I know the pain you are feeling now, I went through it several times, and every time it's like someone had torn a piece of me from the inside, it's an unbearable pain and sometimes it lasts for a long time.
Right now it seems to me I feel yours.
I'm so sorry that I can't help you but with my words and with my virtual hug.
Be strong, Blackberry still loves you and will keep an eye over you from her cloud.

RIP wonderful Blackberry!

So sorry for your loss, Angie

I am so very, very sorry. The tears will flow but please know we are all here for you. She sounds so very special. She is at the Bridge now with Lola, my Kirsten, and so many more of our babies who've crossed over. She is in good hands.

Hugs,

Mia

I have no words that will ease your grief. I find that grief is like a big storm. It just has to blow itself out. It takes as long as it takes. This storm will eventually pass.

Just know that you did the right thing by letting your Blackberry go in peace, for living in that kind of pain is something none of God's creatures should ever have to endure.