It's Always Harder Than You Thought It Would Be

"What we have enjoyed, we can never lose ... all that we love deeply becomes a part of us." ~Helen Keller

Today I took Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt (my Shih Tzu) to his new home. He seems happy and will be loved immensely. I am so thankful to have wonderful friends in the Cerri family, to take him and love him as I do. I know they will give him a comfortable home with lots of love and care while I am gone. Knowing all of this does not make it easier to know that I will not come home to see his crazy eyes everyday. 

 

I am in temporary Trinity apartment without him nestled next to me, and I miss him already. I did not anticipate how difficult it was going to be to leave him. I guess that is how life goes. You prepare for the changes coming as well as you can. Inevitably, however, it seems like you can never prepare well enough. It always seems to be harder that you thought it would be...

 

I know this goodbye is especially difficult because it is the first real goodbye I have had to say. Saying goodbye to Teddy made me realize how much harder this leaving thing is going to be. Although, I am so excited to be in New Hampshire and meet so many new people, and yes, even experience my first real winter, I cannot say that I am excited to say goodbye to all the wonderful people I have met and the memories they have helped me build.

But as the quote above says, everything I love and cherish will stay with me forever. In some form each experience, person and pet in my life has helped shape the person I am today.