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amy


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As you'll recall, I had to give Baby Girl up for adoption in January. That was a suck ass day in my life. I later updated you that she was adopted on Valentine's Day. Not satisfied with this, I had to know more. Yesterday I called Animal Humane and finagled my way into getting them to give me the adopters phone number. With the phone number I found the address. With the address I found the house. At the house today I found the dumbfounded new owner. Although somewhat put out at my arrival, upon the release of my wail of tears she let me in.

Baby Girl's new name in Val, short for Valentine. The new mommy and daddy are Lenny and Carrie. Carrie had a miscarriage in February and was very unhappy so Lenny brought her home the dog. Now the dog is her baby. Val wouldn't let me touch her. She just barked at me. She always was afraid of strangers but never this bad. Carrie said the shelter workers said Baby Girl was extremely depressed the whole time she was in the shelter. Maybe she was just mad at me today.

I couldn't drive home for the crying. Russ had to come get me. She was my baby. I've never loved anything so much before in my life. I'm not sure how I gave her up in the first place. I promised her I would always take care of her and I failed. Being a grown up sucks. Fucking up sucks. Being sick sucks. Doesn't anybody else on this damn site have any pain...

[ posted by amy at 07/08/2004 12:10:11 AM ]
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pokey [email] said at 12:31 AM 07-08-2004:
My pain has turned to sorrow. Sorry :/
myriam [email] said at 12:33 AM 07-08-2004:
I'm really glad to hear that she went to a woman who just had a miscarriage. What an awesome and fitting way for your dog to be shared. I'm sure that woman loves baby girl like you did. But I'm sorry you had to lose her.
zack [email] said at 12:58 AM 07-08-2004:
awww. jesus I'm sorry. I know that feeling. why did you give her up?
    amy [email] said at 2:04 AM 07-08-2004:
    went nuts, depressed, crazy, lost job, lost house, bad dog, too many dogs, little apartment, no body wanted her, too painful to keep asking for her a new home and getting turned down so i took her to animal humane. husband hated her. we made a deal. its a long story. i dont know now if it was a mistake or not to see how much the couple loves her and needs her i just know how much it still hurts.
      JonY said at 10:32 AM 07-08-2004:
      Your situation sounds similar to what me and my wife went through recently. We had two cats. One was orphaned that we raised from a bottle and one was a stray asthmatic cat (I mention the asthma because it stunted his growth and he forever looks like an adolescent cat). I, unlike my wife am not much on having pets, but she went through a lot of agony in the decision to give them up. We had to give them up to be able to move on campus at the seminary(no pets allowed). She could probably share some of your pain. She was highly concerned because cats typically don't get adopted. Luckily we had a pastor friend with a large barn and yard and her cats are able to stay out there. But Lee Ann regulary calls for updates on the state of the cats.
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cricket [email] said at 1:02 AM 07-08-2004:
you can never forsee how your situation is going to change. we make promises sometimes that are impossible to keep. all you can do is just feel how it feels and know that just about everybody feels that way at some point.
    amy [email] said at 2:00 AM 07-08-2004:
    we make promises that are impossible to keep? i thought promises were forever. thank you cricket so much. i'm about to cry again, but thank you. its weird the things that you realize internally in your spirit that seem so simple to learn. i guess thats what wisdom is. maybe.
      JonY said at 11:07 AM 07-08-2004:
      I guess the internal wisdom that the heart doesn't want to accept is that with any relationship, it will eventually end with separation either by death or by distance and circumstance. But the heart remains foolish above all things and who can know it...
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ed [email] said at 6:47 AM 07-08-2004:
Pain, I've got.

I'm sorry you do, too. Truly.

But on the bright side, you've got Flan!
kara [email] said at 9:27 AM 07-08-2004:
That sucks, I love dogs more than most people.

However, if I were those people, I would have been very pissed off, and would have given Animal Humane, and you, some hell.
    josh [email] said at 10:52 AM 07-08-2004:
    This is true. I wouldn't go back and see them, or the dog, again. It's also got to be confusing for the dog to have it's previous owner pop in randomly.
meredith [email] said at 10:21 AM 07-08-2004:
I'm so sorry you had to give up your Baby Girl. I don't know what I would do if the same thing happened to me. I would be beside myself. At least you know she is with people who care about her and she is safe.
boudet [email] said at 10:49 AM 07-08-2004:
My dog was hit by a car, all i got back was the collar, never saw him again...life sucks sometimes.
Texas Frank said at 12:16 PM 07-08-2004:
If I had'nt expirenced great sorrow, I would have never known joy.
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cecil [email] said at 1:06 PM 07-08-2004:
That is terribly sad, dear Amy.

I had to give up my cat Ginger because I wasn't supposed to have cats in my place and the landlord found out.

    courtney [email] said at 1:16 PM 07-08-2004:
    I had a cat named Ginger. I then found out it was a boy, and we started calling him Gin-Gin.

    One day, Gin-Gin never came home. I cried for weeks.
      ed [email] said at 1:19 PM 07-08-2004:
      That's why I could never have outside cats. The uncertainty would be awful.
courtney [email] said at 1:19 PM 07-08-2004:
We had to give up a wonderful dog AND cat (who got along together wonderfully, and we even had to separate them) when we moved to Hawaii. We did not want to subject them to a three month REQUIRED quarantine, so found it best to try and find them new homes.

Jake the dog found a new home on a big farm in Napa... he lost a lot a weight and has a lot of space to run around. He is happy. We've never seen him again.

Berlioz the cat could not find a new home. We had to send him to the SPCA a few days before moving. I didn't want to call and find out if he had been adopted or put to sleep.

I, as well as others, feel your pain, Amy. You are not alone. I hope you feel better soon... give Flan a huge hug.
amy [email] said at 4:07 PM 07-08-2004:
oh you guys, group hug. i guess josh needs to add emo to post categories.

this is why they now have support groups for people who lose their pets.

i won't bug the new owners again. if there had been a way for me to see her without bothering them i would have done it, but i was too emotional for long term stake-outs.
andrew [email] said at 1:13 PM 07-10-2004:
i had a black cat named shadow. it got run over by an automobile, so i buried her in the yard.


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