How We Can Help
For those families with children, we’ve got a special downloadable document, Helping Your Child Cope with the Loss of a Pet, with age-based guidelines, and suggestions based on what we’ve learned through the years.
We also offer you two other PDF documents:
10 Ways to Memorialize Your Animal Companion
Celebrate the Life of Your Animal Companion
And finally, should you want additional insights into coping with pet loss, we recommend these books:
When Your Pet Dies: A Guide to Mourning, Remembering and Healing
Alan D. Wolfelt PhD
Companion Press, 1994
Affirming a pet owner's struggle with grief when his or her pet dies, this book helps mourners understand why their feelings are so strong and helps them overcome the loss. Included are practical suggestions for mourning and ideas for remembering and memorializing one's pet.
Goodbye My Friend
Mary and Herb Montgomery
Hervey's Booklink, 1991
We hear it time and again. “It was through tears that I read the book and it was through the pages of the book that I was able to come to grips with my loss.” The authors know that our pets are as valuable and important to us as any other family member, and have performed a great public service in writing this slim, yet powerful book.
My Pet Remembrance Journal
Enid Traisman and Herbert Nieburg
Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital, 2010
This grief workbook/journal/memory book was designed to help sort out feelings through writing about the relationship you shared with your pet, and your loss. The prompts are meant to help you deal with some of the emotions that need to be addressed so that you can release them. The format invokes the healing power of writing, and gives you an opportunity to take an active part in your own recovery and healing at your own pace.
30 Days of Grief Affirmations
Almost every family has experienced pet loss – including ours. Each of us knows that grief can feel unbearable at times, so we offer the families in our area the finest in bereavement care. This mean access to our month-long cycle of email affirmations, Letting the Sun Shine In.
We feel very privileged to assist you in your time of loss, and will always do our best to help you find comfort from the heartache of grief. Know that you can call us any time, at (205) 592-0095.
"We have to believe that even the briefest of human connections can heal. Otherwise, life is unbearable." ~ Agate Nesaule
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Letting the Sun Shine In
Daily email messages to bring comfort through introspection and action.
Grief is a Five-Letter Word - Day #1
It seems I've shared my life with more animals than human beings. I know that sounds odd; but in my life, my animal companions played essential roles which I couldn't trust to human beings. But that's a whole different story.
Right now I'm here to offer my loving support to you - and I sincerely hope you can let me into your life, for just a few minutes each day. I'm here because I know what you're going through. You've lost one of your best friends, and life is just a bit darker today than it was when your pet was alive and well.
For the next thirty days, I'll give you some of my story, and invite you to tell yours. I'll offer wisdom I've gleaned from years of reading, and introspection. And, I'll share ideas with you on ways you can honor your pet, and remember the gifts this remarkable being brought into your life.
Today, I'm simply going to say "welcome to the journey of mourning." It's a journey none of us wishes to take, but please know that it can be a fruitful one; you will learn to integrate your memories, and the feelings of grief, into your life.
I'm your ally, and I'll be walking alongside you for awhile. And the first thing any ally does for you is to accept you, just as you are; they understand your feelings, and love you throughout the time you spend together...
We feel very privileged to assist you in your time of loss, and will always do our best to help you find comfort from the heartache of grief. Know that you can call us any time, at (205) 592-0095.
"We have to believe that even the briefest of human connections can heal. Otherwise, life is unbearable." ~ Agate Nesaule
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