Sassy's Tripawd Journey

I know I haven’t posted much on this about Sassy.  But today would have been her ampuversary had she been here.  Since I have posted we lost our buddy Jackson one of our last Winter Warriors.  Jill is here to carry on our legacy.  She has many Angels to watch over her.

Sassy I celebrate this day for you with chocolate because it was the day we started as a Tripawd and met many of our good friends.  Love you my baby girl.

Well, I know I didn’t post on Sassy’s Angelversary.  I didn’t want to take from people who needed support.  I know tomorrow my girl will be traveling with me as I take Snickers & Jazz to K-state to have surgery.  They will be having gastropexies done (the stomach tacked to their sides to help prevent bloat) and also their spays done.

A little nervous right now as I haven’t ever met the surgeon who will be doing the surgeries.  I am sure they are great.  I am planning on getting up at 4 am letting the girls out to run & potty before we leave on our 3 hour journey.

So since the last time I wrote the girls turned 19 months & it was Sassy’s 19 month Angelversary.  Time has flown.  I can’t believe it has been that long.  Some days it feels like she was just here and other days feels like forever.

So our Guardian Angel will be there to protect us on our trip and watch over the girls on their surgeries.

Happy 19th month Angelversary Sassy Sugar Bear.

Happy 19th month birthday  Snickers (on left & Jazz on right)

This past week has been a rough one at least for me.   A kick in the stomach if you will about Jackson and his diagnosis.  Made me do a lot of soul searching and 2nd guessing what I did with my girl.  But no you aren’t supposed to do the shoulds and should nots.  It doesn’t matter how many months that your babies have been an angel or if you are celebrating every day with them and treasuring each and every moment that you have with them.  You do the best that you can and make that decision and try not to look back.  I didn’t write on this day last month because I though a lot of people got tired of me celebrating my girl and the day she had her amputation.  I treasure that day even though she is gone.  It let me enjoy her almost 10 more months.  I got to hug her and love her and just be her mom.

I have a friend his & his wife lost their little boy, Henry,  to leukemia 4 moths ago.  Today he would have been 11 months old.  I hope he found Sassy and Sassy let him know that his parents loved him very very much.

Happy Ampuversary sweet baby girl

Sassy wants to wish everyone a Happy Hoppy Triday from the Rainbow Bridge.  I know we didn’t post on our last Angelversary but Sassy is never forgotten.    She lost her leg at 6 years old to Osteoscaroma fought a great and valiant fight.   So here are some pictures of my sweet Sassy  Sugar Bear.  I know she is healthy & happy and waiting for me to see her again.  I have been finding some pennies.  We had a birthday party for my niece at Chuckee Cheese on Saturday and I was buying a ball as we were leaving for my nephew.  I looked down there was a dime & nickel.  I know who that was from but I gave it to my nephew to make him feel better since my niece got all the tickets.

Here is to everyone else and all our Winter Warriors who are still fighting.

Today was an awesome day.  I got to meet Shanna & Bob Spirit Troubles family.  They are such wonderful loving people.  Such amazing people and we chatted about Trouble & Sassy.  If you ever get a chance to meet up with anyone on the site they are all lovely people.

We all talked about the journey we had and our Journey here on the site.  I will meet up with them again 🙂  I can’t wait to meet others too.  We dog people are just easier to get a long with and I am very comfortable with meeting up with them.

Sassy & Trouble I know you were there with us.  Thank you for bringing us together.  Love you both.  Hope you are having a great time with each other.

Shanna

Bob & Shanna

Me & Shanna

Well this is the 1st major snow storm of the year can you believe it.  Its at least 8 plus inches now.  Can’t believe last week at this time it was 60 degrees & NO snow.  Today it is freezing cold and looks like Canada LOL (j/k Canadian friends).  I think I got spoiled with no snow.  I know the girls did.  But this brought back a lot of memories of when Sassy & Bosch were little and playing in the snow.  Major difference they would leave their coats on.  NOT Snickers & Jazz.

Bosch & Jazz

Snickers with nose in air & Jazz getting her

Bosch & his coat enjoying snow Jazz against the fence & Snickers

Here are a few pictures of Bosch & Sassy playing    Bosch blue coat & Sassy Red

they kept their coats on.  Maybe one day these 2 will.  Thinking of you on this snowing day since you loved to play in it Sassy 🙂

I know I didn’t post yesterday.  I should have.. I knew what day it was..17 months way to long without you.

It just seems like we have more & more babies that join this site.  I sure wish that we would find a cure for cancer.  How many of our friends have to go through this and miss their babies?  It doesn’t seem fair to them.  I know that you taught me many lessons in this journey some days I have to remind myself that you never gave up and to keep going when things around here (at home) suck.  These days it seems like all time that happens.  Moments like that Sassy I just curl up in a ball on our bed with your blanket and just hug it wishing you were there with me.  I look at you smiling face every day above my computer seeing you there gets me through the day.

I still wear you necklaces every single day.  They mean everything to me.

I am going to post the link to the beginning of our blog.  I hope if you haven’t had a chance to meet my girl you do read it.  http://sassysugarbear.tripawds.com/2012/12/13/the-start-of-our-journey/

I like to make little posts on the day she had her amputation.  I know silly but I remember things like this for some reason.  Not that I don’t remember her everyday.  Today would have been her 26th month as a Tripawd had she made it.  Every day I think of her and look at her portrait.  I know she is 100% healthy now and has her leg and fur completely back.  So in her honor just posting a few of the pictures I had already posted once.

And Sally’s favorite.

I want to wish all my friends and family on Tripawds a Merry Christmas from our Pack to yours.  It doesn’t seem like it is the 2nd Christmas without Sassy.  I still think of her every day and our holidays just aren’t the same.  We just move on and go with the flow.

So from our Angel and to everyone else Merry Christmas.  Love and enjoy each and every moment of your family as time can be too short.

Hugs

Sassy’s last Christmas 2012 after her amputation

I didn’t forget you Sassy  Happy 25th month Ampuversary yesterday.  In fact I looked at your portrait hanging on the clinic wall as I took Bosch, Snickers & Jazz to see Santa Paws.  I wanted to take you but never got a chance to do that will you.  In fact it was Bosch’s first time seeing him and he is almost 9.  I am so glad he got to see him

I know you were there pretty girl.  I just wish we had a picture with you and him.  I love you.

So in honor of your day I am going to post some Santa Paws pictures.

Snickers meeting Santa

Me & Snickers

Me & Jazz

Me  & Bosch

Love ya Sassy