I am not sure any of you will remember me and my family, but I needed to post this anyway.
In 2013, I joined your wonderful site and was finally united with my precious and long awaited, second son (Sulcata yearling) Méraddyn. I thoroughly enjoyed regaling everyone with pictures of our first family camping trip and other family bonding progress photos: I was so warmed by your responses <3
I and my family (Méraddyn, Human offspring and hubby in the country) delved right into our new beautiful life together. Méraddyn, like my human offspring, truly enjoyed being part of our family! He did almost everything with us...dinner time, soak-soaks with his own bath toys, his own room right next to his human brother's, holiday celebrations, birthday celebration, even my own college graduation. We also enjoyed our family vacations (camping, Gatlinburg, North Carolina & the Gulf Shores)! We even outfitted my full size conversion van to suit the needs and luxuries of our 2 boys (1 human & 1 Sulcata). Méraddyn even enjoyed welcoming new rescue babies (abandoned kittens) to our family EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT!!!
Then our world fell apart....May 21st, 2016
My husband, human son & I had gone to a local convention (unfortunately, we weren't able to take our Méraddyn), so he stayed home with his furry brothers and sisters to watch his favorite show NCIS from his comfy bed & bask. We returned home to find our home fully engulfed in flames, with fire crews everywhere...
I jumped out of the car and began to ran to the house for my babies-screaming, but was stopped and told that there was nothing that could be done to save them. I dropped to the ground and had (what I realize now) a nervous breakdown. My human son and husband lost "it" too, though not to the degree I did, according to them. We were forced to watch our lives, hearts and souls die.
We lost 8 family members that day, plus our home. WORST DAY OF OUR LIVES.
We were able to recover most of our precious family's remains, so that we could properly lay them to rest. As a mother, I will tell you now, that when I was laying our precious son Méraddyn to rest, it took everything I could muster to not crawl in to lay with him (I hurt so badly, I begged for death). My husband and surviving son helped give me the reason to continue on. They are my strength & will.
Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary that our world fell apart. We are still displaced, but are living on our property, near our lost babies resting. Our new house should be finished by the end of the summer. We have not yet been allowed to properly heal or grieve, but we continue to trudge on-hoping our peace will be soon to come.
I am sorry this post is so long, but I have been wanting to write it for a while now, hoping that my forum family can forgive me for failing to protect Méraddyn and possibly give me some help in healing. One year, and I am still so broken without him.
In 2013, I joined your wonderful site and was finally united with my precious and long awaited, second son (Sulcata yearling) Méraddyn. I thoroughly enjoyed regaling everyone with pictures of our first family camping trip and other family bonding progress photos: I was so warmed by your responses <3
I and my family (Méraddyn, Human offspring and hubby in the country) delved right into our new beautiful life together. Méraddyn, like my human offspring, truly enjoyed being part of our family! He did almost everything with us...dinner time, soak-soaks with his own bath toys, his own room right next to his human brother's, holiday celebrations, birthday celebration, even my own college graduation. We also enjoyed our family vacations (camping, Gatlinburg, North Carolina & the Gulf Shores)! We even outfitted my full size conversion van to suit the needs and luxuries of our 2 boys (1 human & 1 Sulcata). Méraddyn even enjoyed welcoming new rescue babies (abandoned kittens) to our family EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT!!!
Then our world fell apart....May 21st, 2016
My husband, human son & I had gone to a local convention (unfortunately, we weren't able to take our Méraddyn), so he stayed home with his furry brothers and sisters to watch his favorite show NCIS from his comfy bed & bask. We returned home to find our home fully engulfed in flames, with fire crews everywhere...
I jumped out of the car and began to ran to the house for my babies-screaming, but was stopped and told that there was nothing that could be done to save them. I dropped to the ground and had (what I realize now) a nervous breakdown. My human son and husband lost "it" too, though not to the degree I did, according to them. We were forced to watch our lives, hearts and souls die.
We lost 8 family members that day, plus our home. WORST DAY OF OUR LIVES.
We were able to recover most of our precious family's remains, so that we could properly lay them to rest. As a mother, I will tell you now, that when I was laying our precious son Méraddyn to rest, it took everything I could muster to not crawl in to lay with him (I hurt so badly, I begged for death). My husband and surviving son helped give me the reason to continue on. They are my strength & will.
Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary that our world fell apart. We are still displaced, but are living on our property, near our lost babies resting. Our new house should be finished by the end of the summer. We have not yet been allowed to properly heal or grieve, but we continue to trudge on-hoping our peace will be soon to come.
I am sorry this post is so long, but I have been wanting to write it for a while now, hoping that my forum family can forgive me for failing to protect Méraddyn and possibly give me some help in healing. One year, and I am still so broken without him.