 Purred: Sun Mar 23, '08 4:19pm PST |
 | |  | | Mommy was devastated when I came to the Bridge (as she was when Pete and Jennifer came here). I was an indoor only kitty and everything reminded her of me. Here are some of the things mommy did that helped her:
(1) Donated money to two local animal shelters in my name.
(2) Sponsored two cats in my name (who both got adopted).
(3) Wrote her memories of me from the day she met me to my final hours in a special diary. She wrote a little something every day for well over a month, until she was finished.
(4) Lit a special candle every night for a couple of weeks and spent a few minutes in prayer and thinking about me.
(5) She found some of my whiskers and put them in a special place.
(6) I was cremated. When she got my ashes back two weeks later, she wrote a memorial service and had close family members attend.
(7) Added my ashes to a special box and put them on a special shelf in a cabinet in the dining room next to my photo.
(8) Bought a special photo album and put my photos in it.
(9) Observed the Monday night candle ceremony on petloss.com for a few months. Mommy still occasionally observes it.
(10) Joined online pet loss forums and talked about me and her pain and also listened to others and tried to help them.
(11) Mommy couldn't bring herself to throw any of my things away or wash them, so she put them away until she could deal with it.
(12) Adopted KC Sunshine and Mittens a month after I left for the Bridge.
There are pet loss support groups (mommy almost went to one). Mommy has heard of other people who make special memorial keepsakes, like charm bracelets with angel and cat charms and their cat's name. |  |  | |  |
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