pet loss

7 Grieving Remedies for Coping with Pet Loss

7 Grieving Remedies for Coping with Pet Loss

When grieving the loss of a beloved pet, the thought of giving your heart to another animal may seem wrong. Even though the love of a pet can bring immense joy, sometimes it’s just too soon to invite another pet into space so recently occupied by your four-legged friend.

While this feeling is totally normal for most grieving pet owners, it’s important to remember that healing often comes by giving. One of the great ways to overcome your pain and bring peace to your soul is volunteering at an animal shelter. After all, no one understands the value of an animal’s life like those who went through losing one.

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The Pain of Pet Loss

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Guest article by Mimi Handlin, MSW, Certified Pet Loss Counselor, Fused Glass Artist

For many of us, the relationships we form with our pets are as important as the relationships we have with other family members or best friends. When a beloved pet dies, we lose not only their precious physical presence, but also everything else they gave us. For those of us who were lucky enough to have loved a special animal, here are some gifts we may have received from them every day:

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Why Pet Memorial Art is Making a Comeback

Pet Memorial Art

 

With the decline in the use of art in death, pet memorial art has not been very prominent in recent history. Fortunately, this beautiful way of celebrating life for pets and for people seems to be making a return.

Memorial Art in History

The parting of ways between you and those you love as they pass is always a difficult time for all involved. To some, celebrating the life of the deceased through memorial art is a way to help bring closure and balance. Looking through history one can see the imprint of death in the art of many cultures, be it the artwork of Charon, crossing the river of the dead on Funerary vases from the 5th and 4th century BC, to the elaborate funeral rites of the Toraja’s of central Sulawesi.

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