Remembering my Timothy

[September]

Tomorrow will be one year since my Timothy went to the Bridge.  24^th August 2017, the worst day of my life. Ever.

My darling little Timothy.  We loved you from the moment we saw you. Funny loppy baby bunny, with one ear up, one down. Little did I know then what impact you would have on our lives. Our perception of what bunnies are and what bunnies do was changed forever. Every precious day spent with you was joy, fun, worry, stress, perfection.  We were so proud that you were ours. It was always like “look what we’ve got”….. Three and a half years of love and naughtiness. It was a colourful storybook, and there should have been many more pages, many more words, many more pictures, many more memories.  We were not ready for it to end. There is a gulf as big as the universe between having to deal with the inevitable and accepting the inevitable.

I still see you. Lying under the table. Hopping up the garden path.  Nibbling the grass. Waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs. Up on your back feet, asking for your treats.

I still hear you. Your little feet on the kitchen floor.  Thumping your feet when the pigeons caught your eye.Your piggy grunts when you chased me around the house, playing hide and seek. Scratching on the door to get in, and then to get out again because you were contrary like that.  

I still feel you.  Brushing against my leg.  Nipping at my ankles. A fluffy bundle at my feet, keeping my toes warm. Little licks on my arm.   

So, there is no full stop at the end of this story. Not even a comma. No closure. The rest of the pages that should have been full are now empty. They are wet with tears, but there can never be an ending. We miss you terribly, but you are with us always, because we can’t let you go and we don’t want to.

One day we will see you again, we have to, because the thought that we never will just cannot enter my mind. 

[Gordo and Janice]

Such a beautiful soul…little Timbo.

[Phil]

What a wonderful remberence this is to a wonderful bunny, so sad we ever have to loose such amazing animals, they stay with us in our hearts and souls all our lives. Beautiful little bundles of joy. Xx

[September]

Thank you Gordo & Janice. He was just that. An angel on earth, which is too much for people to understand, except those here. Tomorrow, I will just breathe through it I think…..

xx

[September]

Thank you Phil. I guess I would rather endure this hurt than never to have had him in our lives at all…

xxx

[Flakie]

Oh my September hard to believe it’s a year since you lost your Timothy. What a lovely picture of him. I Remember reading your story about him Timbob roo what a gorgeous bunny.

I’m now 7 months without our Flakie and yes it’s still very hard. Bunnies do bring a lot of happiness into our lives. Mischievous, loving, cute and adorable as they are and leave a large hole where they once were. However our lives wouldnt have been the same without them and the love that we shared with them will be in our hearts forever ❤️

Thinking of you x

[Tony's Mum]

My heart goes out to you x

[September]

Thank you Flakie and Tony’s Mum. It has not been an easy day. I went into work today even though it was my day off because I couldn’t bare to be in the house. I can’t think about it too much otherwise it brings up too many horrible memories of that day and I don’t want to go there. I’ve brought some big balloons and we will tie Timothy’s name to them and let them go later today. I look at that photograph of him and that is his perfect self. It’s like he’s still there, laying on the hearth, one of his favourite spots, waiting for me. Gut wrenching.

xxx

[Sofia]

That was so beautiful, an amazing way to remember Timothy. Hoping you’re ok.

[Bladesmith]

What a beautiful tribute. Timothy was a beautiful bun. I feel your pain. Hang in there.

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