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Pet Loss – A Year Later

One year ago today, November 14th, was one of the most painful days of my life. I had to say goodbye to my Simon kitty love and help him to Heaven. You can read more about that here. Though it's been a year, some days it still feels like it was yesterday. The memories of that day are burned in my brain and my heart forever. Some days the tears will still bubble up out of nowhere and flow when I think of him. What this tells me about my personal experience of the loss of my pet/my fur baby: I loved him so very deeply. There absolutely still are days when I would give anything to have him back. There are days when I question the decision of was it the right time. But I know it's part of the grief process and there is no timeline for grief. Love didn't die with him. It lives on and on inside my heart. Yes, he was a cat, but love is love! Time eventually heals the brunt of the pain, but time doesn't diminish the emotion attached to the [...]

Don’t Wait To Think About Euthanasia and Cremation

I know NO pet parent wants to think about the day when their beloved fur baby will no longer be with them.I certainly didn't even though we all know it is an unavoidable and inevitable fact of life. But let me tell you that I believe it can take away some of the heavy burdens you will one day face at an extremely sensitive time when you need to be able to deal with your grief and focus on your pet's final moments. Speaking From Experience I speak from personal experience as my baby Simon's loss happened so quickly. That in the depths of my despair (and still being in shock and denial), I had to decide to assist him to sleep and what to do with his beautiful body. Those were some very tough, heartbreaking decisions to make at a time when I already was emotionally devastated. It's hard enough to go through the process of losing your pet, but to try and make such important decisions in the midst of an emotional tidal wave makes it worse. I [...]