tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post5727706626677755430..comments2024-03-20T02:25:37.324-07:00Comments on Gathering Around the Table: " I Get That Sinking Feeling...": Sunday ScribblingsGathering Around the Tablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07664367737842132953noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-48052836249252699712007-08-31T21:16:00.000-07:002007-08-31T21:16:00.000-07:00Thanks to all of you for your kinds words.Tammy: I...Thanks to all of you for your kinds words.<BR/>Tammy: I am sorry about Manny and all of them are special!<BR/>PIMD: I think that exactly what happened. I am just glad she found her way home.<BR/>Molly: We never do.Christy Woolumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748862572108653566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-60391715445772462272007-08-29T10:28:00.000-07:002007-08-29T10:28:00.000-07:00What a lovely memory of a wonderful dog. We never ...What a lovely memory of a wonderful dog. We never do get over missing them, do we?Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00948862014804530232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-73418267580496403562007-08-28T21:09:00.000-07:002007-08-28T21:09:00.000-07:00Dogs are like children in their emotional dependen...Dogs are like children in their emotional dependency. She may have been trying to find you, and ran too far from home to get back in one day. I am glad she found her way back.Pinehurst in my Dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14839389283883857130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-30534691881754214092007-08-28T10:58:00.000-07:002007-08-28T10:58:00.000-07:00I was on the edge of my seat reading this. I was ...I was on the edge of my seat reading this. I was heartsick to hear of your loss. I said farewell to my 17yr old lab, Manny last Nov. They are so special!Tammy Brierlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14673290512175050093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-8747380863385222622007-08-28T00:20:00.000-07:002007-08-28T00:20:00.000-07:00Hope: I agree. I didn't know if I would be able to...Hope: I agree. I didn't know if I would be able to go to the humane society and adopt, because I thought it would be too sad. It wasn't and I think rescued dogs always know they have been saved and appreciate us a bit more!<BR/>svg: I miss her also... writing this piece reminded me of the good things I loved.<BR/>You are right Tinker... I learned a lesson about gut feelings.<BR/>That is amazing JBelle. I hope I have a dog that lives to be twenty!<BR/>TW: Our dogs have that pull on our emotions don't they? I am glad I have two more dogs now.Christy Woolumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748862572108653566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-81079713097090969902007-08-27T15:12:00.000-07:002007-08-27T15:12:00.000-07:00A touching post! Reminds me of my German Shepherd ...A touching post! Reminds me of my German Shepherd who weighed near 80 pounds, ran from brooms and wanted to sit on my lap during thunder and fireworks. She's been gone for twenty years but my throat still clogs when those memories surface.Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-56616491261938892292007-08-27T08:12:00.000-07:002007-08-27T08:12:00.000-07:00We have a dog from the Kootenai County Humane Soci...We have a dog from the Kootenai County Humane Society! Bob Barker, The Venerated Elder of The Chow Nation, came to us from the same place your Emily came to you. He is still plugging along, at about 20 years old, or so. RIP Emily.JBellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058881790600891805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-76366419732480000642007-08-27T00:06:00.000-07:002007-08-27T00:06:00.000-07:00What a poignant take on the prompt. Those 'gut ins...What a poignant take on the prompt. Those 'gut instincts' are so often the ones we should listen, too - yet they're all too easy to dismiss, till hindsight proves them right.<BR/>I'm glad Emily came back to you that next morning, and that the two of you enjoyed more time together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-31565794865623583822007-08-26T22:55:00.000-07:002007-08-26T22:55:00.000-07:00I remember that story about missing Emily. I'm gl...I remember that story about missing Emily. I'm glad you wrote about her. She was such a wonderful dog, and we all miss her very much.Carol Woolum Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957608661837611056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-82997324165041008042007-08-26T21:30:00.000-07:002007-08-26T21:30:00.000-07:00You've reminded me of Lady; our dog from the pound...You've reminded me of Lady; our dog from the pound. My five year old picked her out "because she was sad". She had her skidish moments but became such a part of our family. She passed three years ago and we still talk about her. Sometimes we need those pound dogs as much or more than they need us.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reminder.Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734740706179101100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-46302730871863564712007-08-26T21:06:00.000-07:002007-08-26T21:06:00.000-07:00THanks Shelby.RP: I am like you and probably could...THanks Shelby.<BR/>RP: I am like you and probably couldn't have written it if she had died.<BR/>Welcome Redness and thanks for the comment.<BR/>LaTeaDah: Thanks for the comment and yes, the lighting was beautiful.<BR/>Colleen: I just sunk thinking about the root canal. What pain. Get better soon.Christy Woolumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748862572108653566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-69771165263322927832007-08-26T20:26:00.000-07:002007-08-26T20:26:00.000-07:00Our dog is so afraid of thunder, I sink for her ev...Our dog is so afraid of thunder, I sink for her every time I hear it. I got a sinking feeling this weekend when my root canal didn't work. I didn't have the energy to Scribble about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-82498597176048816522007-08-26T20:08:00.000-07:002007-08-26T20:08:00.000-07:00What a sweet and sad story about Emily. Fireworks...What a sweet and sad story about Emily. Fireworks are always so hard on our pets. Our dogs hate them as well.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for commenting on my recent post. I'm glad you saw the 'potential' in the lighting. It was tricky and the pictures didn't turn out as well as I wished, but the lighting was beautiful and I did my best to capture a woodland tea.<BR/><BR/>:) LaTeaDahLa Tea Dahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138624485398178242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-85387968120495398182007-08-26T18:59:00.000-07:002007-08-26T18:59:00.000-07:00Ohhhhhhhh what a moving story, so beautifully writ...Ohhhhhhhh what a moving story, so beautifully written! Thank YOU!Cheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04139558255321645746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-75534738608214768462007-08-26T13:50:00.000-07:002007-08-26T13:50:00.000-07:00I got that sinking feeling reading your story that...I got that sinking feeling reading your story that maybe I had forgotten you had lost Emily and then adopted Emily II after losing Emily. I wondered if I hadn't forgotten the story about when you lost Emily on the Fourth of July.<BR/><BR/>So true about gut feelings. My gut feelings have been wrong a few times, but overall they're pretty reliable and I'm not that good at trusting them.<BR/><BR/>I'm really bothered by lost dog stories and am really happy when they turn out with the dog's return.<BR/><BR/>I think it goes back to that Lassie episode that last a couple weeks or so when Lassie got away and Timmy gave up and was burying Lassie's toys out back and then Lassie came running over the top of the hill to the Lassie theme music.<BR/><BR/>I bawled.raymond perthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07016246118115516015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-66141858996172849832007-08-26T11:40:00.000-07:002007-08-26T11:40:00.000-07:00precious :)precious :)Shelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02757079675613448834noreply@blogger.com