Welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing your story. You certainly have not bored us! We've all shared our stories at one time or another.
Yes, its a sad story and I can certainly empathize. My 19 year old daughter died in March 2008, and then my 12 year old Sheltie only one month later. At the time, I could not imagine that life could be so cruel. But 8 weeks later, I brought home Bacca, followed by Indy 8 months later.
As for pictures, there are two ways:
1) You can join as a Premium member ($25 per year, and post your pictures right on the site here....plus it helps Kelly pay the bills)
2) Join a site like Photobucket, Flickr, etc. and post your pictures there, and copy the links into your messages.