Charlie and Ted's Adventures

27/03/2026

There was a time in Ted’s life where became a series. I don’t really document them anymore but maybe I should as they’re still once or twice a month. Just know my Google search is asking how toxic various things are 🤦🏼‍♀️

9 years old and no more sensible than he was as a puppy.
This time it was 4 pears, it seems they’re ok. Last time it was 3 avocados, they were ok provided he hadn’t swallowed the stones. Thank goodness he didn’t like the sourdough starter a family member had mistakenly given him as that was highly toxic 😬

goldencollie

23/03/2026

Love Charlie’s memory lives on with this event. One that he loved with all the attention his costumes gave him 💛

27/02/2026

💛 forever missing my best boy

I’m travelling today and had little time to pull a random page but this page pulled me. And so here it is for anyone else who needs it.
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(My new grief collection ‘loss’ is here in two weeks if you’d like her. She’s full of comfort including the above poem.)

22/01/2026

It’s been a whole year since we lost Charlie and I’d like to say it gets easier but it still feels just as raw. What gets easier is the ability to seemingly hold it all together whilst you’re not.

Nothing prepares you for the feelings you experience when you lose your soul dog.

Life changed that day

23/11/2025

11 years ago today we got Charlie, the best boy there ever was 💛

10 months ago we lost him and life changed 💔

Charlie was my soul dog.
I don’t think I’ll ever experience the bond we had again. Not a day goes by where I don’t think of him.

Run free Charlie. I miss you 🌈

29/10/2025

26/09/2025

Ted’s 9th birthday in photos ❤️

It took Ted 7 minutes to open all his presents.

He absolutely loves opening presents so I wrap all his existing toys along with a new one.

He’s been for a walk and coffee with his little buddy today, opened a ton of presents and finished the day with a steak dinner.

Ted is the sweetest boy who deserves the best birthday 🖤

19/09/2025

💛

I missed you quietly today. So quietly that no one noticed.

I missed you as I climbed out of bed and as I brushed my teeth; when I waited at the lights on the drive into work and as I heard the rain outside my window.

I missed you as I ordered lunch and as I kicked off my shoes when I got home; as I switched off the lights and climbed into bed for the night.

I missed you without tears or noise or fanfare.
But oh how I felt it.

I felt it in the morning, at lunchtime, in the evening and at night. I felt it as I woke, as I waited, as I worked. I felt it at home, on the road, in the light, in the dark, in the rain.

I felt it in every one of those moments, each one sitting heavier and heavier as the weight of me missing you kept growing and growing.

Yes, I missed you so quietly today.

But I felt it so loudly.

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Becky Hemsley 2024
Artwork by Lilymoon

‘Quietly’ is a newer poem

13/09/2025

It’s a funny old weekend.
Not only have we had Charlie’s birthday making us sad this week, but this weekend was the golden hour at Saltdean Lido. An event that Charlie absolutely loved, and we loved watching his happiness there. We always made a day of it for his birthday treat followed by a pub lunch whilst he snoozed all content 😌

💙

09/09/2025

Remembering my best boy Charlie on what would have been his 11th birthday 💛

He would have loved the fuss, the cake and watched Ted open his presents like every other year.

We would have gone for his annual birthday swim at the golden retriever session at Saltdean Lido and had the best day out ever.

Not a day goes by without me missing him 💔

Charlie forever in our hearts

24/07/2025

💛 missing my best boy