“I knew right then she was it… I am just happy that I was able to give Pepper a good home and at the same time fix a piece of my mom’s broken heart.” <3
“Many bereaved pet owners will even mistakenly interpret ambiguous sights and sounds as the movements, pants and whimpers of the deceased pet.”
“Only 500 years ago did we started using the word ‘pet’ to describe a dependent, nonworking animal – orphan lambs that had to be raised by hand.”
“It’s really very difficult to function, and if you can’t function, you certainly can’t function at work You need the time to get back to some sense of normality.”
“We never had children but Jerry was like her child. He was there in the hospice when she passed away. He was sitting at the bottom of the bed.”
“It sounds so cliché, but she gave me the ability to laugh again — real, unabridged laughter. When you’re mourning the loss of someone close to you, a lot of pretending happens.”
A great light was extinguished with the passing of dog folk artist Stephen Huneck of
