Little Visits
I’ve shared one or more of these stories here at Halloween for at least five years, and readers always seem
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pet loss
Cats Who Guide the Way
On October 20, 2010 Peaches transitioned to the next stage of her existence. I still think about her all the
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Chartiers Custom Pet Cremation 2017 Tribute Scroll
Every year Deb Chebatoris encourages Pet Memorial Sunday participants to provide photos of their pets and a written tribute of
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Too Much at Once
September 17 marks an anniversary for me from 1996. Sharing our lives with pets, whose own lives are shorter than
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Adopting Again After Loss: Learning From Animals How to Love Again After Loss
I spoke on the topic of “Adopting Again After Loss” at the 2015 Pet Memorial Sunday ceremony hosted by Chartiers
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Perhaps The Storm is Finally Over
Hurricane Katrina, Namir, a household of cats and realizing a lot about love after multiple losses. Celebrating Rainbow Bridge Remembrance
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Pet Memorial Sunday Ceremony and Speaking, “A Day For Remembering”
I am a speaker at this annual event, and Chartiers Custom Pet Cremation is one of my customers. This is
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Loving Again After Losing an Animal Companion
Pet Memorial Sunday is coming around again, this year on September 10. I have been a speaker at the Pet
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Poem for Today: Pawprints and Raindrops
I awoke to gentle rain this morning, raindrops tapping on the roof and softly whispering in the trees all around
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Do They Feel?
This article is about the experience of loss, grief and in-home euthanasia for other pets in the household and discusses
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