Missing Pieces...Broken Heart: A Recovery Guide for the Grief and Sorrow of Pet Loss

by B J Shonk

Overview

Your pet is your special friend and cherished companion. Dealing with their loss or impending loss can prove painful beyond imagining.B. J. Shonk has been there, and she's ready to help guide you through the grieving process with wisdom, compassion, and insight. Missing Pieces...Broken Heart provides much-needed tools and support to promote healing after the death, disappearance, or impending loss of a beloved pet. An accessible, powerful resource for everyone, especially devastated pet owners, and a valuable aid for veterinary professionals and animal caregivers alike, this book offers advice on how to- Understand universally loss is loss, whether a pet or a person - it all hurts- Acknowledge, experience, better understand, and not bury your grief- Comprehend and navigate the euthanasia process before and after- Support your children, and console remaining family pets through the tragedy- Better understand Quality of Life and End of Life decisions- Advocate for your pet, and partner with your vet- Address compassion fatigue and much moreWhether your pet had fur, fins, feathers, or scales-if they brightened your life for many years or left much too early-Missing Pieces...Broken Heart will help you say your final goodbyes and positively progress through grief to recovery, as you preserve and embrace their memories to mend your broken heart.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781619617407
Publisher:	BJ Randolph LLC
Publication date:	11/14/2017
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

B. J. SHONK has spent her professional career helping and mentoring others. As manager of the children’s Newspaper In Education program and as a journalist for a Texas newspaper, she promoted literacy. Through her own business, she developed and implemented self-improvement and fitness-awareness programs for people of all ages. She is the mother of eight and grandmother of thirteen—with four grand puppies and a grand kitty. Today, she lives in the Houston area with Randy, her husband of more than forty-five years. Together, they founded B J Randolph LLC for the purpose of publishing and sharing vision through knowledge and helping others.