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The magic of that first relationship with a pet does not dim. Yet it can be obscured by our grief, but the love stays. Whenever you have the unobscured view,...

I have shared this story with you because I was doing something back then that I don’t do now, and you shouldn’t do. Instead of enjoying the moment, enjoying that...

There is a time when you know your pet’s life is coming to an end, but the timing isn’t there quite yet. This period is referred to as a “pre-loss...

People in general are not good helping others with grief and grieving, and that can be doubly hard when they don’t understand how important our pets are to us. Some...

 When pets come through from the other side, it is usually with pure love. They also say the crazy things they loved to do. That they are healthy and out...

When you lose a dog or cat, it can seem singular, like the loss happened to you alone. However, when we lose someone, we aren’t the only one who loses...

I believe we need to grieve to process our grief, which is why the ritual of the funeral and body viewing came into being with humans. Does it make sense...

Here is one of the reasons to keep trying to plow through grief: there is a bottom. The bottom might not be today, or three days from now but there...

You did everything right when you helped me transition to this place you call heaven. Don’t feel guilty that you didn’t notice I was sick fast enough, or that you...

To be honest, most people are awkward in the face of another’s grief. That is compounded when they are not “animal people” and don’t understand the deep bond between another...

If you do not FEEL your grief, if you gloss it over like a putting a fresh coat of paint on a rusty fender, it is still there. Then when...

One of the things about grief is it is solitary. Even though the whole family loses a loved one, we each knew that being as an individual specific to us....