Feeling so lost....

[Vanillabourbon]

On Friday morning we said goodbye to our beautiful boy. He was nearly 16 and had a wonderful life, we have incredible memories and have been through so much together. I know it's very early days but I feel so lost.
I'm a single parent and have been for the last 8 years, i work from home full time. It was just me, my daughter (10) and our dog, our little unit was incredibly tight and now that's changed forever I'm so sad.
I have tried to keep us busy, sharing memories together, looking at photos to make a photo book, getting some fresh air out walking and trying to just get through the weekend, but come Monday, I'm going to have to work in an empty house and I don't know how I'm going to cope. I'm too emotional to go into the office, I do have that option if I wanted to but the main reason I work from home is so I can fit full time hours around my daughter and usually be finished by the time she comes home from school.
Friends and family have been really supportive which we are so grateful for, but I feel so alone....he was my rock.

So sorry for your loss 💔

I'm so sorry.

We lost our old girl a week ago.. I know the feeling of emptiness. OP you've lost a family member and it bloody hurts. Take it one day at a time and let yourself me upset.

I hope you manage to get through your day without too many tears.

So sorry @Vanillabourbon (and @morelippy ) the loss of a beloved pet is so painful 💐

I am so sorry, the loss of a dog is such a painful thing to experience, they bring so much to our lives. Do you want to tell us about him? 🌹

We also lost our dog last week to sudden illness at only 7. I work from home too, and yes, it's the emptiness that hurts. Lost is exactly the word for it.

This time last week I was grouching about always being the one who had to organise round her to go anywhere, bloody ungrateful idiot that I was.

So much sympathy.

I feel for you 💕. We had to have our lovely boy PTS in January. He would have been 18 on the 3/3. Your world is small, the 3 of you,and WFH,that would compound your loss. We always have had 2 dogs,used to be 3,so there is always a furry friend. DH talked about getting another,folk s,of course knew we always had more than one, kept asking. I said no way, but our border collie is 7,I can't bare the thought of being without a dog. We talked long and hard for a whole year, before being ready to say goodbye (we weren't EVER ready to say goodbye) but I felt better after he had gone,can happily talk about him now and the funny things he used to do. He had CCD, for some years.

I've just come back to this thread. Thank you to everyone that was kind enough to write a message.
Things are a bit brighter for us now. Of course we still miss him terribly and have shed more tears than i thought was possible, but slowly we managed to get through the days.
Thank you again, your thoughts are so very much appreciated x

And sorry to everyone that has lost their beloved pet aswell 💔

Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better@Vanillabourbon 13 weeks since I lost my darling girl these weeks have been incredibly tough but like you say we just get through the days and try and adjust best we can.

I'm still grieving 10 months on. Silly I know but I have decided to get a new carpet for my lounge. There's greasy stains where DDog used to sit/lie down, mucky stains where their food bowls were and <ahem> other stains where they lived. They are where they were and I feel so sad that I won't have that reminder anymore.

I know exactly what you mean, we need to replace our carpets at some point as there are lots of scratch marks where my dog used to claw when I wasn’t looking! I can’t bear to change it at the moment, feels like I’m wiping her very existence away. I’m sorry you are still grieving, I don’t think it will ever go away we just have to live with the loss and hang onto the memories.