HONEY: My best friend, My Housemate, My Child!

Heidi and Honey's Story

Dear Ken and Nancy,

Thank you for your kind souls, this podcast and your support group. I'm from Melbourne Australia and I’ve been tuning into your show in search of some kind of comfort after my recent, sudden, unexpected and traumatic loss of my soul dog, HONEY on May 27 2024. My almost 12-year-old French Bulldog who was my absolute world!!! ... My heart is aching and torn apart, there’s an enormous ‘Honey shaped’ hole in it that only she can fill, a river pouring from my eyes, and my brain is Analysing and agonizing over everything and every little moment and decision of the weekend that is now my nightmare. 

Honey’s story is a long one I apologise but I hope so much that you still have time to share our story on your show.

After making the big, well thought out decision to get our first dog, we adopted Honey, a nearly 5-year-old retired show dog, looking for her forever home where she could be the centre of attention and not ever have to share her toys again. We brought her home after she ever so excitedly and willingly jumped into my car without a care in the world (much to her previous owner’s shock). Honey purposely and beautifully came into my life at just the right time, unknowingly at the time - 2 months before my boyfriend of 7 years walked away in an instant. I always believed she came into my life specifically at that time to help me through that horrendous time that I was about to go through, my little angel got me outside when I didn’t want to do anything, but she needed to be walked, so we walked! and from then on, our special bond began. Just shy of 7 years we lived together, just Honey and I, and I’d have it no other way. (except I wished for a few more years). I didn’t want to be with anyone but her and she’s all I needed, My best friend! I’d race home from work and couldn’t wait to see her face and just spend all my time with her. In the early days when I worked as a florist, I was