Vinman,
It is coming up on two years since my loving Daisy passed. It is hard, I know you know that. It will be hard for quite awhile. For me, I couldn't talk about her for almost a year, it hurt so bad. It is different for each of us, but if that path of loving them is like Daisy and me, it is only the love that remains. Now it is just a sense of gratitude that remains and it is good. Yesterday I finally washed the patio door in the back and her nose smudges are now gone. It was time and it was good.
DanB