Remembering Your Pet
July 6, 2009 by Anna Farmery
Filed under Blogs and Resources
A huge source of comfort for me has been my cats. It is amazing how holding them, removes the loneliness and adds that important aspect to my life…unconditional love.
I was reading this week over at Pawnation how
“DNA2Diamonds is a service that extracts “the unique DNA carbon from a lock of hair (or cremated ashes)” to build a personalized diamond that’s said to be identical to a traditional earth-mined stone”
Now I always realised that you could do this with your loved ones DNA but I had never thought of it for your pet. Once again a wonderful way of remembering those closest to us….no matter whether human or not.
Wow.. I’ve never heard of anything like this before. I support whatever helps you to feel better after losing a loved one. If you’ve never owned a pet, then you can’t understand how devastating it can be to lose one. I’ve always believed that some people have a heart for animals and once you’ve owned a pet, it’s so strange to not have one in your home. I had my cat, Brownie for 16 years and I had to put him down last summer. It was heartbreaking and I can really understand wanted to do something like this to remember your pet.
Sabrina – do you know I lost my older cat 3 weeks before losing my Dad. I cried like a baby when I took Flo to the vet to be put down…he just looked at me not understanding but in real pain. A pet loves so unconditionally. It actually made it easier to cope with the loss of Dad because i think many of the tears were as much for Dad – who we knew we were losing.
When Dad finally breathed his final air, my other cat gave me so much comfort. It was as though we were grieving together. I think the hug of my cat – Molly – helped me through because it made me stronger for my family when they needed me.
Pets can be so comforting….and yet I always feel so stupid when I talk about it…because somehow you sound mad as a hatter (or should that be catter!) But then I tell myself whatever eases the grief of the loss of family, is good