this is a difficult post for us. if you've kept up with the blog, if you just KNOW us, you know how very much we adore our boys, tate and tuckett, and what pieces of the family they are. wednesday night, 5/6, tate was hit by a car - he died on the way to the animal hospital. we were/are absolutely shocked and grieving the loss of our little guy. it's incredibly quiet around our house - he wasn't a barker or a yapper, but you would hear his little nails on the hardwood floors, hear his tags jingling as he was walking around, hear him come running if he thought tuckett was getting too much attention. he was always sitting, waiting for us in the window when we would come home - ed had this little game of timing how long it would take tate's little bottom to pop up and the tail start wagging as we would walk up the sidewalk. then we were always greeted at the door w/those sweet little eyes, that precious little underbite, and most of the time his stuffed duck in his mouth. so many things we miss about him. it's hard to look outside our front window and not picture that awful night. it's hard not staring in the window looking for him when we come home - he was always there. we've wanted a family for so long - these boys are our family! this is what makes up theclowers4! i know you have to be an animal lover to truly understand where we are coming from, and that's ok.
he was a sweet, sweet part of our little family and he is truly missed.
ed's independent studies paper is about living in the brokenness - how different people handle grief and loss and hopelessness. this has been an interesting time for him as he is wrapping up that paper and dealing with his own grief and loss with tate. tate was his little shadow - he might have been my christmas present 4 1/2 years ago but he was definitely ed's boy!
we have been incredibly blessed by our friends here, some with and some without pets, but all knowing how much we loved tate and what a loss this is to our little family. the calls, the messages, the meals, the support have been incredible to us and has very much ministered to where we are. some would say he was just a dog, but those that know us and love us know that he was more than that. he was our family. and we miss that piece of our family.
he was a sweet, sweet part of our little family and he is truly missed.
ed's independent studies paper is about living in the brokenness - how different people handle grief and loss and hopelessness. this has been an interesting time for him as he is wrapping up that paper and dealing with his own grief and loss with tate. tate was his little shadow - he might have been my christmas present 4 1/2 years ago but he was definitely ed's boy!
we have been incredibly blessed by our friends here, some with and some without pets, but all knowing how much we loved tate and what a loss this is to our little family. the calls, the messages, the meals, the support have been incredible to us and has very much ministered to where we are. some would say he was just a dog, but those that know us and love us know that he was more than that. he was our family. and we miss that piece of our family.
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I always enjoyed taking care of Tate and Tuckett when you guys would go out of town. The last time I house sat for y'all it started to snow, and Tate was so cute running around in it. Delightful. He always made me smile, and I will miss him, too.
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