When you do not seem to have the words, you look instead to those whose words resonate with what you feel; I looked through ...

Some children may also like to draw a picture or write a poem to put in with their special friend. While the death of a pet ...

Pets are the family members who supply unconditional, uncomplicated love, and for many people, losing a pet comes with a somewhat ... acknowledge their profound loss and help them remember their ...

The writing in this poem is taut, graceful and intelligent in a way that shows the mystical themes of life, including love, death, the mind and body, the church and Christ, and idealism.

Founded in 1934, Pet Memorial Park is one of the oldest active pet cemeteries in the country. (The oldest was founded in ...

In a letter to Dr John Moore, Burns intimates that 'The Death and Dying Words of Poor Maillie' is one of his earliest productions. The poem is first recorded in Burns's First Commonplace Book ...

And some aspects of pet grief are unique. Euthanasia For many of us, pet death may be the only experience we have of grief connected to euthanasia. Guilt or doubt over a decision to euthanize a ...

And while grief softens over time, you always miss your mom. These poems about the loss of a mother express how it feels when ...

"I also help with pet loss and bereavement … I think we're a death-avoiding society and we're particularly hopeless when acknowledging the loss of pets and fur loved ones." Demand for her ...