by NCCF Editor | Apr 27, 2018 | Losing a Pet
In her memoir I Found My Tribe, Ruth Fitzmaurice writes: “When a pet dies, there is an empty space left where they used to be. You no longer feel or hear them moving through your world. They are just gone.” The singular incident to provoke an outburst from...
by NCCF Editor | Apr 9, 2018 | Losing a Pet
Though pets enrich our lives greatly, their time that they share with us is much too short. The life span of most dogs and cats range from 10-14 years. Some live much longer and others are taken from our lives much too soon. The past few weeks have been sad for close...
by NCCF Editor | Jan 24, 2018 | Losing a Pet
I went to the park Friday to visit a just-departed friend. The sun shone high in the brittle winter sky. A few inches of snow lay underfoot. It was her kind of day. I called her Big Dog and Monkey and mostly, Monk. The Monk. Her given name was Lucy. Lucy was kind and...
by NCCF Editor | Dec 11, 2017 | Losing a Pet
There are emotional flashpoints throughout the year when you’re grieving the passing of a loved one. The first birthday, the first anniversary, the first anything. And Christmas is of course a huge hurdle if it is your first without a familiar face. For animal lovers...
by NCCF Editor | Nov 7, 2017 | Losing a Pet
21-year-old Amy Thompson and her parents Pete and Sharon, from Solihull, recently lost their ten-year-old dog to cancer. The Thompson family had had Archie since he was just 4 months old. At the age of 10, Archie fell ill, and was really poorly for a couple of weeks....
by NCCF Editor | Oct 2, 2017 | Losing a Pet
Mark Sullivan of Argentine Township remembers very well the last day on earth that he was able to spend with his dog, Brandy, a German shepherd who was 10½ years old at the time and riddled with cancer and arthritis. “I stayed home from work and called the vet in the...
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