That is normal-seeing others -hearing music or doing something..anything can trigger memories -sad and funny.

sorry you had that moment....hugs

Agree so much with what annettear wrote to you. One can be doing okay and then a trigger can cause a flood of sad and funny memories. Have been having back problems lately and was having therapy this morning. She asked me how long it had been since quitting smoking. Said almost a year and the day that I had to put my precious kitty to sleep I had all I could do to not buy some. Don't know where it came from but I just was talking about kitty and started crying. Guess I have tried to stuff some of this sadness down inside of me and its not working.
I sincerely know how much you miss Rupert and my prayers and thoughts are with you.
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I know what you mean--I wish I could go back to the last few days and weeks with Walt and just be with him all the time. I was out of town when he got sick, and when I got back into town, everything changed. He was on crate rest for two weeks before he got really sick and I had to put him down. If I would have known, I would have been sleeping in there with him instead of making him be alone in that crate.

Time does make things a bit more manageable, but as time passes, the memories and emotions come more swiftly and with more force. At least at times. I'm also trying to balance the good memories with the sad, sick ones. Grief is a very strange and cruel thing.

Know you're not alone, and know I'm thinking of you and your Rupert. Many hugs to you.

Sending hugs! Memories do come and smack you right in the face at times. We love our furbabies so passionately and they love us back unconditionally that it just burns into our hearts forever. Even now, after getting a new puppy, I still miss Tommy so much and wish that he were here to play with her.
I really do understand how you feel about Rupert.
There is a country and western song that goes
"One more day, one more time, 1 more sunset baby, I'd be satisfied and then again, you know what I would do, it'd be wishing I'd spend one more day with you."

That's I think how we all feel.

SingYourGutsOut:

That is so true!

After holding off for a LONG time, I have finally had to replace my car. I love that car -- it represents a lot of different things to me, and I wanted her for so long. I've had her 14 years, and drove Rupert around in her. But I had to be practical. We're getting ready to move, and she just wouldn't make the trip, or be a reliable car for me to have in the new place.

I really don't want to give her up. But I told my husband, I'd gladly trade her for Rupert. In a heartbeat. I'd give up anything, I think, except my husband, just to have Rupert back. Even if it was just a day. Or an hour. Just to hold him and kiss him.

It's going to be hard to move away. This was the only home he ever knew, and he loved it! He loved our yard. It's huge and grassy, and has big trees and squirrels to chase. That's why we knew right away he had to be buried here. And we did it knowing we were going to leave, and that it would be hard. But leaving will be sad.

Where you end of you can always build an memorial in the yard for Rupert and you can get those stickers that go on car windows and have an in memory of rupert put on your car