The Grief Recovery Handbook for Pet Loss

If you've found yourself almost inconsolable after your pet died, please know that you're normal.

If you've found that your family and friends don't seem to understand the level of your grief, please know that, too, is normal.

Without comparing our relationships with our pets to those with people, we know that, because of the unique emotional relationships we have with our pets, their deaths produce a level of pain that is difficult to describe.

If you relate to any or all of these sentences,...