Day: May 3, 2016

  I don’t like death.  Two and a half years ago, we put our 14-year-old dachshund, Wiggles, to sleep.  She was in a lot of pain.  She could hardly walk.  Wiggles had helped us raise our kids. The process of putting her down was very kind.  We got to say good-bye.  We held her and cried.  They gave her a shot.  It was painless, and she was gone.  We all wept as we left the vet.  I can feel the grief of that moment and the loss of her little… Continue reading How to Respond to Death