Little Visits
For the days prior to the Feast of All Hallowed, Samhain, the Day of the Dead and other celebrations of
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pet loss
The Joy of Pets: Adopting Again After Loss
Below is an approximate transcript of my remarks at Pet Memorial Sunday last weekend. I don’t prepare a written speech
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Poetry: For Pet Memorial Sunday
I’ll be speaking a little later today about “Loving Again After Loss, Why We Adopt Pets” at the Pet Memorial
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Plastic Chewers, and Some Thoughts on Loss
Mr. Sunshine is coming home from the emergency hospital this afternoon, and he is fine. Giuseppe and Bean have moved
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Tenth Annual Pet Memorial Sunday Ceremony Hosted by CCPC
“I think I’ve been really blessed to work with these families over the past ten years,” says Deb Chebatoris, owner
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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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Daily Photo: Freedom
Which black cat is that? No, you’re wrong, it’s Kennedy looking out the side window at the rain and the
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Never Enough Time
Recently a major city animal hospital purchased several dozen of Lakota’s sympathy card. I told them his story and said
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A Great Rescue and Commissioned Portrait: I’ll Be Seeing You
CAN THE SUBJECT of a painting communicate through his image? One of the dearest stories from any of my portraits
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Vintage Photos: Looking Out the Basement Door, 1997 and 2002 and Today
Cookie and Sophie sit side by side at the basement door, these two BFFs and my guardian kitties. No doubt
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