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How You and Your Child can Cope With Loss of a Pet

By External Source / April 26, 2017

Credits: Virginia State Parks on flickr By MARIA SIKOUTRIS DI IORIO April 25, 2017 at 12:58 PM Animals provide companionship, acceptance, emotional support and unconditional love. If you understand this connection between human and animal, then you understand that coping with loss and grief of a pet is no different than when a person you […]

There is a Beautiful Soul Working in the Dead Letter Office of the US Postal Service

By External Source / April 20, 2017

Pet Funerals, Cemeteries and the After Life, Pet Loss and Children, Pet Loss and Grief, Pet Loss Books and Resources, Pet Loss Stories and Poetry

Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that […]

Jasper’s Day

By External Source / April 25, 2016

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A Reader’s Review: “You can’t read this story without a tissue. This is a touching story about a boy Riley who wants to make his retriever Jasper’s last day very special. Together the family celebrates what a great companion Jasper has been by visiting many of the places that have been special to […]

A Young Boy Grieves the Loss of His Pet Hamster

By External Source / April 6, 2016

Pet Loss and Children, Pet Loss and Grief, Pet Loss Stories and Poetry

Daily Bible Study with SEEDS OF THE KINGDOM Updated: Saturday, 19 December 2009, 8:26 (GMT) 17 December 2009 | Expressing Grief Jesus wept. John 11:35, NIV Our young grandson has just experienced his first loss of a pet.This nearly three-year old hamster died over the weekend and he was heartbroken. His parents handled it well. […]

Board game helping Children with Pet loss

By External Source / April 6, 2016

Pet Loss and Children, Pet Loss and Grief

Aultman game wins over kids experiencing loss By Cheryl Powell Beacon Journal medical writer POSTED: 12:00 p.m. EDT, May 05, 2010 CANTON: Dealing with the death of a loved one is hardly child’s play. But a Northeast Ohio hospital is marketing a new board game designed to help children share their emotions in a nonthreatening […]

What Should I Tell My Children?

By External Source / March 31, 2016

Pet Loss and Children

Pet Ohana For Thursday, November 5, 2009 By Hawaiian Humane Society QUESTION: Our family cat recently died, and we’re at a loss on how to explain this to our young children. What can we tell them? ANSWER: If you hide your grief, children could fear that sorrow is unnatural. If you tell them that […]

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