The loss of a loved one is a wound to the heart and it is not limited to specific species or biological or sociological ties. The heart cares not for rules or definitions OTHERS may impose, it knows what it knows. I grieve with you and your loss.

The journey through grief is intensely personal. Some may find it is easier if they share that grief, others may need to walk a solo path. Which is to say, you will mourn and heal in YOUR OWN time and method. I hope my wish for you to find comfort will offer some small solace and the thought that I believe there is a rainbow bridge where your boy will be waiting for you on the other side helps. I still picture in my mind, my fur children making that solo journey over that bridge and imagine that they pause to look at the river below, knowing that it is made up our tears, then looking back at me and barking as they say, “I am just going to play over there, okay?”…