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Do you believe in spirits and ghosts?
1/13/13 by Gagsy
First I just want to thank everyone for their kind words on my previous blog. I was going to reply to them all but I just couldn't at the time really and I'm trying to move on a bit.
But thank you everyone.
The point of this new blog is to tell you a little story. It actually happened about 3 or 4 days after Frankie died but its kinda been on my mind a bit since then. I can't deny that the story has made me feel a bit better about the event, not that I can explain any of it.
Anyway, my mum was at work (shes a nurse) and she was just sitting in a corridor keeping an eye an one of the patients while he was walking about. And out of another room comes this elderly lady. She doesn't know my mum at all, and she just looks at my mum and she says;
"Theres a dog sitting behind you"
My mum felt her heart thump a little but wrote it off straight away really. The old lady has the beginnings of dementia (mostly just memory lose atm). Still she asked the old lady "What?"
And the patient says to my mum again;
"Behind you theres a dog sitting on that chair. Its white with black ears and a brown face."
My mum is a little confused and scoffs but she keeps thinking about it during her day, and later she finds the old lady in her room and shows her this picture below, my mums asks her "Like that?"
"Yes! Thats the dog!" She exclaimed.
Even later when another nurse with waiting on the patient, she told that nurse (who is a friend of my mums), "I'm not making it up. There really was a dog sitting behind that nurse."
My mum called me a few hours after this event to tell me the story. I questioned whether she was telling the truth about this story because I'm skeptical as fuck, but she assured me over and over that she could never make up something like that, and that at first she wasn't going to tell me because she thought I'd get upset. And yeah when she told me the story I did start crying quite a lot but it made me really much better. Just thinking of the dog being there still.
I can't explain stories about spirits and ghosts because I don't believe in an afterlife and I've never seen anything myself but I know people who have, people I trust so when they tell me these stories, I believe they have seen what they claim to.
This here I especially can't explain, because it wasn't my mum who claimed to see Frankie, but a woman who didn't know her at all, and to say those colours is beyond weird. If she was facing you fully forward, all you would see is white and of course her black ears and brown face. If the lady was lying, why use those colours? Its not the most typical of colouring on a dog.
But yeah I mostly just wanted to share the story really because its really the only thing thats made me feel better since I lost Frankie. Just thinking of her just being there still with us even beyond death. Its actually rather comforting.
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2/3/13
I've worked as a veterinary assistant for a while now and the hardest part of the job is seeing people reacting to losing their pet and not knowing enough about them to truly comfort them. I've never been good at it to be honest. My own dog just turned 13 though so I'll admit I've had to think about it from the other side lately.
Obviously you care about Frankie a great deal and I hope you can take comfort in the fact that you were there for her when she needed you. The bond that we have with a dog is one which is really directly linked to the heart and I like to think it's because they represent something which we as people struggle with: they are naturally good and innocent because they are, not because they seek to gain anything from it. To have to let that go is tremendously painful, maybe one of the most painful things we would ever have to go through. Dogs are tremendously special and I'm sure Frankie was no exception, I hope you can take comfort in your memories of your time with her.
Thank you for the comment, that was really nice.
Yeah, losing Frankie is probably the hardest event I've ever had to deal with and I know I'm not alone in thinking like this when it comes to a pet. I think you're right when you say we love them so much because of their pureness. Even kids can be little shits sometimes but with dogs they're just precious as long as you raise them right.
I will try to take comfort. The pain has lessened a bit but I still feel hollow inside like a part of me is missing. She truly was my closest friend in the world, and we spent 90% of our time together so it's been hard to adjust to the sudden loneliness.
Thanks again and I wish you and your dog continuing good health.
And thanks for the job you do. I resent my vets a bit because they gave me the news about Frankies illness and were the ones to put her down but that will pass naturally, but you all do a wonderful thing for the animals.
2/1/13
Hangin' out with mah ghost dog.
She'd be an awesome ghost dog.
2/1/13
no i do not
Ok.
2/1/13
I believe in an afterlife, but not one that presumably most people on this site would agree with.
Speaking of this site, I totally forgot it existed.
I would love to hear your thoughts on an afterlife sometimes. Generally I don't believe in one. I can't explain the story above though I very much believe that something happened, but I would to expand my thoughts of the subject of death.
1/31/13
Cocks, Gagsy.
Come on Noel.
1/30/13
*poke*
Hello.
1/30/13
please kill me
No.
1/30/13
not at all
Ok.
1/28/13
Yo dog
Your dog was as cute as fuck
Be happy about her being up in doggy heaven or something <3
I will try to <3
1/24/13
LITTLE GHOST LITTLE GHOST WHAT I'M SCARED OF THE MOST
Ok.
1/24/13
For some reason I started thinking about a spirit animal going around making people feel better about the death of their pets. Would make a good fairy tale for kids who feel sad.
That would be a lovely fairytale for brokenhearted kids.
1/23/13
I love Ghosts
I can't say I love em.
1/21/13
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
Now that song is in my head. Thanks.
1/21/13
Not sure what my beliefs are on ghosts but my parents had a pretty creepy Ouija board experience before I was born. Because of how the story goes I'm not too convinced that someone in the group (there were four of them) was just tricking the others.
Yeah my uncle had a creepy Ouija board experience too, sent one of his friends loopy. I know they can be controlled but there is just something about them that weirds me out. Don't think I'd ever want to do one.
1/19/13
Are you still trying to lose weight?
Sparingly.
1/18/13
Ehhh no I don't believe in ghosts.
Ok.
1/17/13
I'm sorry, Leanne.
*big hugs* She's a pretty puppy. I'm glad she lived with someone who loved her as much as you did. <3
*hugs*
I did love her so very much <3
1/16/13
after my dog passed a few days later a random bulldog just showed up in our yard while we were all back there... then he kinda ran off never to be seen again... it was really weird so I know that feeling and it was a weird "coincidence" if it was even one.
I know the feel Gagsy, I know the feel.
Thanks Travis.
Sorry about your loss btw.
1/16/13
Goddamn, I'm so sorry to hear about Frankie. I don't really believe in an afterlife but incidents such as the one you described with the old woman are very peculiar and always get me wondering. When my dog had to be given away just over 8 years ago now when my parents split up, I felt just like you described. The worst part is not knowing what happened to him. He could've passed on himself for all I know, it's been so long. I know the circumstances aren't quite the same, but my point is that he's still with me in my memories of him, just like Frankie is in yours. And as long as they remain there then they're never truly gone, not really. I honestly hope that I haven't made you feel worse with my comment, that's not my intention at all, even if I'm not the best at comforting sometimes. But Frankie will be there for you always. I may not know if there's an afterlife, but I sure know that a dog as loving as Frankie wouldn't be in any hurry to leave your side just yet. <3
Dan <3
I know it was a long time ago but I'm really so sorry to hear about what happened with your dog. Not knowing what happened much be worse in some ways. I'm glad I got to spend nearly 10 years with Frankie. Its doesn't even feel close to being enough but I had here since she was 7 weeks ago, and we barely parted till she passed away. If I had to give her up before that, it would hurt way too much. You're brave really.
And no you've not made me feel worse. Made me realise that I'm luckier than I thought, that I got to have a wonderful dog for such a long time and some people don't get to, so I should appreciate that, and I hope I will when it stops hurting so much.
1/14/13
I don't believe in an afterlife either, but that weird stuff like that is awful hard to explain. It gives me hope for the possibility of something beyond. It sucks that we have to go though the same thing at about the same time. We're like sisters of the heart. Frankie is so pretty. I'm sure she would stick around you for a while if she had the choice.
She probably would.
She wouldn't go 20 steps without making sure I was still with her when out walking.
Sisters of the heart <3 Frankie and Sasha are too.