r/rainbowbridge • u/McNutt2LA • 4h ago
I Lost Wendell - My Best Friend
My best friend Wendell, my life, my sweet boy passed yesterday. He was a racer in Tijuana for 4 years before we found each other. I couldn’t be home last night and just got back to my place and broke down and sobbed. I am totally devastated. I don’t know how to go on or what to do.
He was my entire life and purpose for 6.5 years. Everyday he was with me and I with him. The thousands of miles we walked together. The adventures. The times where he was sick. The times where he was not sick. The cuddle times. The things I went through but he was there. The naps. His joy. The joy he brought to others. His shoes. His energy. How sweet he was.
The world is much darker without his light in it. He will never be with me or I with him ever again. He is dead. Regardless of our memories and experiences together I will never see him again. My sweet boy and best friend are gone forever. I literally do not know what to do with myself.
My home is silent and heartless without him. I will miss him with excruciating sadness. Just needed to share. Thank you for reading.
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u/Ok-Sale-8105 4h ago
What a beautiful boy! You saved him and gave him an amazing life! Remember that he will always be alive in your heart and memories.
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u/QTeeCurly 4h ago
I pray you someday find comfort in the knowledge that the love never leaves you🩵✨️🙏🏻🫂lost my 14 year old this summer🥹
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u/LeatherRecord2142 4h ago
I’m so deeply sorry, AND so glad you found each other. He’s now your doggie angel. 💙
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u/McNutt2LA 3h ago
Thank you and you are so right. He is my doggie angel. Very nice thinking about like that.
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u/Numerous_Course9820 4h ago
Wendell is precious. Thank you for sharing him with us. The photos tell a tale of a lifetime of sweet companionship.
You and he were blessings and joy bringers to one another. And now his absence is felt, obvious, unbearable.
Wish they could be with us forever. Maybe they will be and he just went first to scout make the way safe for when it’s your turn?
Please hang in there. One moment at a time.
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u/McNutt2LA 3h ago
Very kind of you to say this. It’s a wonderful perspective. Thank you so much for sharing.
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u/PugSanctuary 4h ago
The Last Battle
💔🌈 🐾 💫😇✝️💖🙏🏼♾️
If it should be that I grow frail and weak
And pain should keep me from my sleep,
Then will you do what must be done,
For this -- the last battle -- can't be won.
You will be sad I understand,
But don't let grief then stay your hand,
For on this day, more than the rest,
Your love and friendship must stand the test.
We have had so many happy years,
You wouldn't want me to suffer so.
When the time comes, please, let me go.
Take me to where to my needs they'll tend,
Only, stay with me till the end
And hold me firm and speak to me
Until my eyes no longer see.
I know in time you will agree
It is a kindness you do to me.
Although my tail its last has waved,
From pain and suffering I have been saved.
Don't grieve that it must be you
Who has to decide this thing to do;
We've been so close -- we two -- these years,
Don't let your heart hold any tears.
-Author unknown
Dear friend,
Your precious boy is waiting patiently across the Rainbow Bridge for you. 🌈🐾The Hebrew word for animal is Nephesh which means soul ✝️. You will see your baby again someday. Now is the time between just like there was the time before your beloved Wendell. Today is the trial, and forever is the prize.
God bless. ✝️🙏🏼💕
Until then…
💔🌈🐾♾️🪽✨💕
💫 ✝️🙏🏼🌈🐾 I totally understand. I want you to realize that you are in a new chapter of life (suddenly) and it feels very hollow. But let me tell you something, your precious boy graduated life. They’re in the soul realm now which is eternal. God literally created us and animals. Think about Noah’s Ark! We are currently in the Earthly realm where we were together with our beloved pet. But they’ve just gone before us. The chapter “without them” is really just “without them physically.” Emotionally and spiritually they’ve never left. This is why we still feel such love and gratitude for our former pets, still! They never leave us. You will get through this one day at a time. Time heals our hearts and even opens them to loving another pet sometimes. Families are forever and you’ll be reunited when your time in the physical realm expires, too. Until then, may their memory be a blessing. I’m happy for you that you connected here on Earth because eternity awaits. 💕💫 God bless you and your beloved Wendell. It’s my prayer that knowing this gives you peace.🌈🐾♾️ ✨🪽
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u/McNutt2LA 3h ago
You are so kind and your words encouraging and honest. I hear you and what you say. You have made this a bit easier this evening for me and I am so appreciative that you took your time to send such a lovely note to a stranger. Thank you very much.
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u/littleshortdogs 3h ago
I’m so sorry for your loss of Wendell. What an amazing companion! I loved all of your photos but the sunset one was just a really special one for you to share. I know too well the empty feeling you get after a dog leaves you. Remember: you did the best that you could for him, always. Take comfort in that.
Wendell will visit you in your dreams. Sure, you’ll wake up crying at first like I did, but after a while, you’ll be more okay, more like the you he knew, and he’ll drop in every once in a while and you’ll wake up with your fondest memories together instead of the crushing sadness.
Again, I’m so sorry.
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u/Green_Excuse_7350 4h ago
My boy Rambo will be there to meet him at the gate. It’s so hard. But the love we get to experience is worth it. Sending you so much comfort and love knowing your best friend is at peace. May his spirit be with you always. I’ve come to realize Rambo will always be around me ❤️ in time, your heart will begin to heal.
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u/McNutt2LA 3h ago
Thank you for saying this and I am very sorry for your loss too. Rambo is absolutely awaiting your arrival and reunification. He is with you.
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u/RouxToYou 3h ago
So very sorry for your loss! I know it’s very painful. You two will meet again one day. 💔🌈🐾
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u/dg4365 2h ago
My most sincere condolences on the loss of your Wendell. Better to have shared the gift of loving and having been loved in return. Sending you peace and strength.
I lost my beloved Simon at the end of February. Still miss him so very deeply every day. It slowly gets better with time.
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u/theonlyfloorman69 2h ago
Damn. Sorry for your loss. The only downside to having a dog is this. Rest in peace Wendell.
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u/unwellinhell 2h ago
I'm sorry! I said bye to my best friend last Tuesday. I'm right here feeling this with you. Lots of love
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u/Single-Pause3152 1h ago
I love that and most of your pictures. Wendell is smiling and that picture with the sunset at the end is heartbreakingly beautiful. It’s so hard to lose them, but know that he took a piece of your heart with him on his journey just as he left his heart in your mind and heart forever. Until you meet again, treasure your memories.💔
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u/mikeonmaui 4h ago
And now, for Wendell
I summon the spirits
Of all the dogs we have loved
And lost along the way.
Bingo, Foxy, Toodles,
Sable, Muttley, Bonnie,
Clyde, Shasta, Otis,
Piccolo, Inga, Hans,
Mimi and Queen Elsie.
Gather in your sunny meadow
Invite that good boy Wendell
To romp and play and chase,
Then drink from the cool stream,
Rest together in the warm sun,
Eat the low-hanging treats,
Then sleep safe in the shade
Of the eternal snackie-trees.