It’s been a week today since we lost our dear Alfie.   It’s been a week of uncontrollable tears, good memories coupled with laughter, bad memories coupled with grief but above all a week of trying to deal with a space on the sofa or under my desk that no longer is filled by Alfie.

We truly appreciate all the heart felt comments both here on the site and from friends and family in the form of calls, letters and cards.  It really has gone a long way in assisting us with the healing process. 

We knew that today would be a hard day to deal with, and both myself and Robbi have both dealt with it in different ways.  I headed out into Houston to tout for business, and Robbi spent her usual day in the office, but ultimately we both failed miserably at keeping our minds off the subject of Alfie.  It seems we both had the same sad realization today – it would have been 6 months to the day that we actually took Alfie into Denny and Charlie towers as a rescue Pug.

This evening we tried hard to hold back the tears, but it was not to be – we sat on the sofa when Robbi returned from work only to reminisce about our sweet boy who no longer is around to demand our attention with his bark.   We have a photo of him on the fireplace, overlooking the living room, where we can see him and talk to him.  The photo was taken the day after he arrived which was on the 6th October 2006 – precisely six months from today.

Tonight is going to be a night of emotions and memories that will hopefully help us heal. 

God bless you Alfie, we know you are with us.

Richard