I’ve always dreamed of writing a book, but I never knew how I’d start along that path. But when my beloved cat, Stella fell ill everything shifted. From her pre-death period, marked by much anticipatory grief, to after her death, which continues to sprout grief at unexpected times much like a dandelion finds its way through the smallest of cracks, I came back to writing.
Read MoreThere’s no prescription for when to welcome a new pet family member into your home after a loss—a week, month, five months, a year, more. It is as individual a decision as it was to bring your former beloved home in the first place. Others can offer insight but no one can tell you what or when is right—only you will know. This is sound advice, given our own recent experience welcoming a new cat, Mica into our home and then making the painful decision to return her to the shelter not long after.
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