Is it ever acceptable to cry in a thrift store?
Our late great MaMoo, Martin, just adored those "country bears" stuffed animals that were given out as happy meal toys at McDonald's eons ago. We would always have to watch him closely when he had one because they were smaller but it was worth it to see his absolute joy at having a bear to chomp on. Of course, we could never find anymore after our stash ran out. Today at the thrift store I found one, still in the packaging, at the bottom of a pile of stuffies. I'm sure that I scared a few little kids when I just started sobbing over it. I honestly thought of buying it just to see if I could make a deal with God something like, "if you'll send me my Martin, I'll sit and watch him forever while he has his chewy bear". If anyone can figure out FedEx to heaven I'd be willing to send it there as an alternative...just so Moo can have it. It's especially difficult because I'm so far away from my Dawnie and Virgil...and my other four footed kids...oh and Carl  Thanks for "listening" to the very crazy doggie momma. |
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Awww, Michele, that's just so sad.  It takes a looong time for the tears to go away... even after 8 years there is still an occasional tear for us. |
| Of course it is acceptable! David and I can't even broach the subject of one day losing Mady without tearing up. It makes it all the more difficult when you are away from your furry family. Well, not Carl, he is not furry, but you know what I mean! |
| Of course! Everything happens at Thrift Stores. I was shopping in one and had to perform nursing duties when an elderly lady passed out. She was shopping with her daughter - I heard "Help, my mother is dying!" in one of the aisles  I ran over as her eyes rolled back and she collapsed. Luckily she had just fainted and I got an ambulance called and they and the fire dept showed up and transported her to the hospital....the old lady volunteers there were paniced and useless....thank goodness I had my cell phone on me and dialed....and she was OK too! The 1st OES I saw after we lost Oliver made me burst into tears too - and I was in public.  Thankfully I was working a rescue booth, so it was my dog friends there, but also LOTS of strangers attending too. |
| It's perfectly acceptable to cry at any point over a sheepie or other loved one, in pretty much any setting. I associated our first, BRANDON, with the Christmas Carol Silent Night. I can't get through it, even now, about fifteen years later, without thinking about him and the tears coming out. We had BRANDON for only six years (he died suddenly, a very aggressive cancer), and then had Theeps and Portage for 10 years and almost 12. I've been known to cry about missing Portage, Theeps or both, and then start feeling guilty for not crying about BRANDON, causing the second wave to hit. When you love someone it's forever. Losing them doesn't make the love fade. And by the way, I started crying just reading your original post. Virtual hugs to you. |
| Oh Michelle.... I was just saying that it took me years after Wilby passed away to quit squeezing stuffed bears noses(usually in a thrift store) Wilby loved to nurse on them but, the noses had to be soft!! |
| Your story touched my heart..thanks for sharing it. I understood exact how you felt at the moment. Just today I was thinking of Big Dog and became teary eyed. No matter how long it's been since they passed we never forget them. Our senses of smell, touch, sight, hearing and taste are often associated with memories of past events . MaMoo is smiling down on you I bet. Something strange and delightful happened to me on Thursday. I was looking at the books at a second hand store and passed a woman. Her perfume was wonderful and although most make me cough this aroma smelled so amazing. I hesitated telling her as I thought it might sound weird. However, when I passed her a second time aprox 15 mins later I blurted it out. I said something stupid like - You smell wonderful! LOL I felt my face getting red and we both laughed. She reached into her purse and pulled out a bottle and asked if that was what I was smelling. I thought she was confirming the name to pass it on to me. Instead, she said here...you made me smile and now it's my turn to make you smile. I was so touched I felt my eyes tear up as the gesture was so thoughtful. So yes....for the first time in my life, I cried in a second hand store last Thursday. |
| I cry over anything and everything. I need to go and wash my face now as I have been reading too many sad posts....xx |
| I'm crying now......I so understand. The strangest of things can set you off but like others have said, although the pain gets easier to bear, the love will be there forever. I made a birthday message video for my lovely cousin in Australia today and even that made me cry! It was supposed to be a happy message but I still managed to blub as I would so loved to have been there for her. Hope she doesn't notice my teary eyes in the video! |
| Michelle, can't make it thru a day w/out thinking of my drear Duncan. Absolutely you can cry.......... Dee still 'sucks' the monkey that only she and Duncan ever touched. These two dingbats here bonded to each other instead of playing with toys i've decided. I love them dearly, but will NEVER (and I hadn't ever planeed on it to begin with) keep 2 from one litter, or within 1 year of age again! Now that i've said that watch me have 2 litters at the same time this next year.............aghhhhhhhhhhhh |
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