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I needed to share some stuff with you, straight from my heart, on pet loss and grief. A bit of a beef, but more just some heartfelt words, from me to you. I’m not sure about you but one of the things I really like to ascertain when working with someone or learning...

Sometimes people get really confused as to how to buy an urn for their beautiful creature! I, on the other hand, look at almost anything and can see not an urn, but a vessel for permanent memorialization. Follow me here with not only some of my decisions, as well as...

You know, I’m in the biz and I think buying a permanent memorialization piece, like an urn, for my precious loves is hard! It literally took me 2 years to finally find a home for my beautiful Ellie and my oh-so-handsome and perfect Big Harry. Yep, two years. But I...

Before COVID-19 changed our lives, my busy travel and teach-ing schedule had me hopping. Most mornings after I woke up, I went straight to work. I had a love-hate relationship with the adrenaline of stress and was a slave to emails, itineraries, deadlines and flight...

It's always an honor to feature contributing writers. Thank you to Jim Vought for taking time to pen these thoughts, and helpful reflections. Bridget was a red, long haired Dachshund, and Phillip was a black, white, and tan short haired Dachshund. They lived with...

It’s been two years. Actually, it was June 19, 2018. But I remember it like it was yesterday. Big Harry touched my heart like I never imagined. I knew the day I saw him running the streets in Rozel there was something special about him. But I never imagined how much...

I’ve heard it a thousand times: “sometimes I don’t know why, but something hits me, and I literally just start crying. I miss my pup so much.” Or “I don’t know why I’m crying,” or “THIS happened for the first time and it became yet another smack in the face of reality...

I love sharing musings from colleagues, and those who too "found their silver lining" in a less-than stellar experience. Emily's story and her silver lining just touched my heart, and I couldn't wait to share her words with you... Here you are: There’s an old adage...

I’d never officially been introduced to her. She was one of the dogs in the neighborhood, and one we’d seen playing around outside by her home. She was a little cutie and I could tell she was much like any small rat-ish terrier… nine pounds of fury wrapped in a little...

Saying good-bye to a beloved pet right now is bringing about more than the normal grief and emotion of the event. From veterinary clinics requiring curbside drop off services, to families not being able to be with their precious loves for their final breath, it is...

I love honoring my friends and colleagues and the lives they shared with a special love. Thank you, Dr. Kyle for sharing Potter with all of us. The pure and raw love and grief in your story... thank you for giving us this to hang onto as we think of our own journeys...

Whenever I wake up on March 19th, it always hits me. My brain takes a minute to register and find the answer to “what is today? Why does it feel like it’s something?” And, then I remember! And, I smile! It’s the day that I picked in 1989 as Mico’s birthday! I can...

I’m just coming off an amazing weekend with yet another Pet Loss & Grief Companioning Certification class under my belt! Not unlike any of the other classes, the attendees are all about animals! Just like every other class, it’s a fabulous few days spent with my...

I know social media can be just the power that some people need to express their opinions, even though they wouldn’t have the courage to express the same opinion in person. But it still rocks my world with everything else going on in our country that people can be so...

Every day I revisit my “why” as it truly gives me the strength, power, motivation and oomph to go do more and be better in my journey! For anyone who’s been in my Pet Loss classes, (if you haven’t done one of them yet, make that a part of your 2020 resolutions to...