My husband and I have decided that tomorrow we are taking our two older rabbits into the Humane Society so that they can hopefully find a good home. The two babies are being delievered to my friend also tomorrow... I was ok with this when we decided due to the fact that I have allergies to them, and we can't really afford all of them. We have two cats as it is.
I know this is probably not the type of blogs that are posted, but I needed to get these feelings out somewhere with some hope that maybe someone might have some advice on how to deal with it.
We have had our two older rabbits since April, and i have become very attached to them, you say I feel as if they are part of our family, and now we are losing them. I feel confused, hurt, anger, depressed, and slightly relieved at it all. Which makes it worse. I feel as if I am abandoning them, and that they will fell as if I don't want them. I have been in and out of tears all day because of this. I know that the babies are going to a good home because I know how she is with animals, but what if the other ones, the parents, end up in a terrible place? What if someone takes them and kills them for meat, or fur? What if they are not adopted at all and are put to sleep? How do I know if they will be loved like I love them? Am I doing the right thing? Or am I rejecting them?
My cousin said I probably feel like this because my dad walked out on me when I was a child, and I don't want to do the same thing? We have already determined that when the time comes to give them away, my husband will do it, because I can't bring myself to do it. I really God to let me know that they will be taken care of, and loved. I need peace, but everytime I start to feel a little bit of peace about it, I feel incredibly guilty right after. Is this the Holy Spirit telling me I should keep them? Is it what my cousin said? Or is it just that I love them so much, it feels like I'm losing them forever, which technically I am?
I don't know what to do, or how to feel! I don't understand. What do i do?
I know this is probably not the type of blogs that are posted, but I needed to get these feelings out somewhere with some hope that maybe someone might have some advice on how to deal with it.
We have had our two older rabbits since April, and i have become very attached to them, you say I feel as if they are part of our family, and now we are losing them. I feel confused, hurt, anger, depressed, and slightly relieved at it all. Which makes it worse. I feel as if I am abandoning them, and that they will fell as if I don't want them. I have been in and out of tears all day because of this. I know that the babies are going to a good home because I know how she is with animals, but what if the other ones, the parents, end up in a terrible place? What if someone takes them and kills them for meat, or fur? What if they are not adopted at all and are put to sleep? How do I know if they will be loved like I love them? Am I doing the right thing? Or am I rejecting them?
My cousin said I probably feel like this because my dad walked out on me when I was a child, and I don't want to do the same thing? We have already determined that when the time comes to give them away, my husband will do it, because I can't bring myself to do it. I really God to let me know that they will be taken care of, and loved. I need peace, but everytime I start to feel a little bit of peace about it, I feel incredibly guilty right after. Is this the Holy Spirit telling me I should keep them? Is it what my cousin said? Or is it just that I love them so much, it feels like I'm losing them forever, which technically I am?
I don't know what to do, or how to feel! I don't understand. What do i do?