Thanks - it's always gonna be tough but it will get better. We will, however, always miss her and never forget her.

No problem - you're very welcome!

Thank you so much for your kind comments. Everyone has been so supportive and that has helped us tremendously. I'm sorry to take so long to reply, but I haven't been on DA much lately. (I've been using Facebook too much - lol - I created a group there in her memory). I know that I shouldn't feel guilty, but I think that's one of the parts of the grieving process. I wrote about her mainly as a kind of therapy. To get it all out; the grief, the guilt, the sadness, and even the happy times was very therapeutic for me and also I never want to forget all the things we went through at the time, even though it was hard. As a tribute to her memory, I want to remember all of it, even the raw grief we endured.

On a happier note, we have a new addition. We have a new puppy, named Sapphire Storm. She is half Siberian Husky and half Samoyed. She's all white and has one blue eye and one brown. I cannot stress enough that we were not trying to replace Belle, because we could never replace her, but just to fill the emptiness she left us with. Being dog lovers, life was just not bearable for us without having at least one canine family member.