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I lost my soul dog 2 days ago. The pain is excruciating. I used to love Christmas, not looking forward to it this year.

I lost my boy November last year. I had already put the Christmas tree up being excited that I finally had some ornaments I could decorate it with. I ended up pulling it down. I couldn't stand it there when we were hurting this much. When he should have been with us. I had only bought the tree the year before after not having one since childhood. A year later and I'm not sure I still want it. I'm doing a lot better now I have foster kittens taking away the loneliness, but that tree is too symbolic of the worst time of my life.

It’s been almost two years for me. This sub got me through those early dark days. I miss my girl so, so much. I miss the life we had together. I’ve been laying here crying for hours. I would give anything to go back in time.

It used to be the most wonderful time of the year. It used to be.

It’s hard every year. I lost my boy on January 16, but he was diagnosed with stomach cancer days before Christmas. The cancer just started to ravage him and it was clear he was miserable. The holidays are a count down to another year of him being gone, so it takes a lot of the shine out of everything.

Thank you so much for your post. We lost our beautiful kitty this morning. It hurts so bad.