Pet Loss: Supporting Your Grieving Pet

Honey and Buddy

[Reviewed and updated April 27, 2024]

No matter where you go, you will always be in my heart.  ~ Anthony T. Hicks

A reader writes: I miss my dog so much and it's so hard. I feel like I'm never going to get over her. This is the letter I wrote to her: 

Caregiving and Hospice, June 17 - June 23, 2018

Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

What Is a 'Good Death'? http://j.mp/2MNSohO « WebMD

How to know when it's time for hospice, http://j.mp/2tlwsCk « The Philadelphia Inquirer

Here come the right-to-try profiteers. The FDA is powerless to stop them http://j.mp/2thSMNm « STAT

Understanding and Managing Grief, June 17 - June 23, 2018

Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

A Familiar Stranger, http://j.mp/2yzAb4n « Bryan C. Taylor

Opinion | The Example of Charles Krauthammer, http://bit.ly/2yvJ4Mp « The New York Times

My Father Always Wanted to Die with Dignity. But When His Time Came, I Couldn’t Let Him Go. http://j.mp/2ttUIl1 « Narratively

Coping with Pet Loss, June 17 - June23, 2018

Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

How do you handle the grief that comes with losing a pet? http://j.mp/2tmla0G « Inlander

Opinion | What It Means to Be Loved by a Dog,  http://j.mp/2tkt8Xj « The New York Times

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Voices of Experience: When My Story Ends

Music can touch and heal that secret wound of the soul which nothing else can reach.  ~ Debasish Mridha

The Mammals are an indie-roots trailblazing band founded by Mike + Ruthy (Michael Merenda and Ruth Ungar). In the group’s first incarnation (which featured founding member Tao Rodriguez-Seeger) the band energized audiences in the ‘00s with its “Trad is Rad” folk message. The Washington Post described them as “gleefully aware that the sound barriers separating old-timey music, vintage pop and contemporary folk are as permeable as cotton.”

Understanding and Managing Grief, June 10 - June16, 2018

Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

Dating Again, http://j.mp/2MovGwm « Widower's Grief

The Big Question and the Perfect Answer,  http://j.mp/2Mlxo1z  « Modern Loss

My Friend Meniere: Standing Up To Disability, http://j.mp/2JN2QnS « Elaine Mansfield

In Grief: Is Dad Dating Too Soon After Mother's Death?

[Reviewed and updated April 18, 2024]

I have a dead husband... I have a scarred heart. I am in a different place. Love after love will not feel the same. But that doesn't mean that it's not love.  ~ Janine Teague Eggers

A reader writes: My mother passed away last May and Dad started dating again three months after mom's death. He is now serious with a lady he met online. On the one hand, I am happy that he is happy again, as he was married to my mom for 45 years and it was a shock to everyone when she died five months after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. However, I am feeling neglected and ignored by my dad.

Understanding and Managing Grief, June 3 - June 9, 2018

Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

Tell Me About Those Left Behind by Brandy Lidbeck, http://j.mp/2sHtLuv « The Gift of Second

To a deeply depressed mother, suicide isn't selfish: Kate Spade probably thought she was relieving her loved ones of a burden, http://j.mp/2sQYdSh « NY Daily News 

I’d love to say something enticing, like: do this 1 thing and you’ll see a 200% increase in your grieving friend’s satisfaction w your support skills! But that's odd. So – if you really want to support a grieving friend or family member, watch this tv clip, http://j.mp/2ggveVK « Refuge in Grief

A High School Student Asks How to Deal with Grief

[Reviewed and updated December 27, 2020]

The healing power of even the most microscopic exchange with someone who knows in a flash precisely what you're talking about because she experienced that thing too cannot be overestimated.  ~ Cheryl Strayed

A reader writes: I am a sophomore in high school and I am doing a big project on Grief and how to deal with it for my class in health. I was looking on the Internet and I came across your Grief Healing website. I really like it and all the information in it. I would really like to interview you if that is OK. I am sending a list of the 10 questions I would like to ask you.

Caregiving and Hospice, May 27 - June 2, 2018

Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

Care for the caregivers in your life, http://j.mp/2xo833J « OptionB

Resources for Service Members and Their Families, http://j.mp/2INmK5v « Grief Healing

Your feedback is welcome! Please feel free to leave a comment or a question, or share a tip, a related article or a resource of your own in the Comments section below. If you’d like Grief Healing Blog updates delivered right to your inbox, you’re cordially invited to subscribe to our weekly Grief Healing Newsletter. Sign up here.

Understanding and Managing Grief, May 27 - June 2, 2018

Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

The Nostalgia Plague, http://j.mp/2LRxJIX « Bryan C. Taylor

Truth in a Weedwacker, http://j.mp/2J6ESn0 « Soaring Spirits International

What is Holy, http://j.mp/2J3pXKk « Soaring Spirits International