Saturday 29 September 2012
Sunday 2 September 2012
Stress, Anxiety, and Grief
Hey guys! It's Brad here. Let me start off by apologizing for not blogging recently but my house in Airdrie has been emotionally filled with stress, anxiety, and grief. The stress ensued from getting all of my Airdrie things and moving them down to Lethbridge where they are now situated in my fantastic room. Anxiety was achieved when we realized how fast I was moving out of town and how we had to strategize moving all of my stuff and my new Ikea furniture to Lethbridge in my car, my Dad's car, and my Mom's vehicle. We were all quite anxious and quite stressed trying to figure out all of those arrangements.
Grief was shed on Wednesday evening as our family dog Lacey unexpectedly died in our home. Now for most families dealing with a dead dog is not the biggest ordeal in the world but there is something that you have to know about Lacey to understand our family's grief. The first thing is that we as a family got Lacey when I was 6; I am now turning 19 in two weeks. So this puppy has been in my life for almost 13 years, she had been there for every single one of my hockey tryouts, every morning she said goodbye to me as I stepped on the bus, and lastly she was there every day after school and after work to welcome me back home. She was a phenomenal dog that not only invested her time into our family but also her love for us, and we got to see that love daily. Thus we as a family are so sad that she passed away on Wednesday as we grieve the loss of not only our family dog but our little daughter, and our little sister. I don't think that this grief would have been as bad if it wasn't for the fact that my Mom was not only saying goodbye to her daughter Nicole on Friday, but also saying goodbye to me this weekend, and then having to say goodbye forever to her best buddy on Wednesday night. This definitely didn't help her to cope with the fact that she was saying goodbye to everyone in the home except for Dad. Hence the grief stacked with the sadness of being an "empty nester" and having to let her kids go and finish their degree, and in my case start my degree.
So with that being said here is to Lacey and the awesome times we had with her. Thanks for the memories and we hope to see you soon once again puppy. Thank you.
Grief was shed on Wednesday evening as our family dog Lacey unexpectedly died in our home. Now for most families dealing with a dead dog is not the biggest ordeal in the world but there is something that you have to know about Lacey to understand our family's grief. The first thing is that we as a family got Lacey when I was 6; I am now turning 19 in two weeks. So this puppy has been in my life for almost 13 years, she had been there for every single one of my hockey tryouts, every morning she said goodbye to me as I stepped on the bus, and lastly she was there every day after school and after work to welcome me back home. She was a phenomenal dog that not only invested her time into our family but also her love for us, and we got to see that love daily. Thus we as a family are so sad that she passed away on Wednesday as we grieve the loss of not only our family dog but our little daughter, and our little sister. I don't think that this grief would have been as bad if it wasn't for the fact that my Mom was not only saying goodbye to her daughter Nicole on Friday, but also saying goodbye to me this weekend, and then having to say goodbye forever to her best buddy on Wednesday night. This definitely didn't help her to cope with the fact that she was saying goodbye to everyone in the home except for Dad. Hence the grief stacked with the sadness of being an "empty nester" and having to let her kids go and finish their degree, and in my case start my degree.
So with that being said here is to Lacey and the awesome times we had with her. Thanks for the memories and we hope to see you soon once again puppy. Thank you.
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