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The Loss of a Pet (Part 2)
In my last blog post, I featured an interview with pet mom, Jackie Burke, whose precious kitty Timmy died unexpectedly from lymphoma....
bethhewett
Mar 15, 20247 min read
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Unconditional Love, Overwhelming Grief: the Loss of a Pet
There’s no doubt that the death of a precious pet can lead to ongoing grief for many pet parents. People we call pet parents may be...
bethhewett
Mar 1, 20246 min read
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Children’s Love, Children’s Grief
When a family death occurs or when the family suffers a loss such as a health crisis or moving from one home to another, the children may...
bethhewett
Feb 16, 202412 min read
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My Precious Pet Died. Should I Get a New One?
Many of us love our pets like they’re little children. For some people, our pets are our children in that we don’t have human children to...
bethhewett
Oct 20, 20235 min read
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The Passage of the Seasons
When we were little children, we learned about the four seasons of the year: spring, summer, fall, and winter. Depending on where we...
bethhewett
Oct 4, 20234 min read
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Moving Your Body for Traumatic Grief
Yoga, acting, and other body movement work can be good for grief, especially griefs that stem from traumatic experiences. Some...
bethhewett
Aug 18, 20233 min read
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Mary Todd Lincoln: A Bereaved Parent's Nightmare
I’ve had many opportunities to support bereaved parents, who suffer greatly from the unnatural losses of their children. Sometimes their...
bethhewett
Aug 4, 20236 min read
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When the Dying Belongs to All of Us
There are times in our lives when we strongly feel the deaths of others around us, the deaths of people we never knew but of whom we...
bethhewett
Jul 21, 20232 min read
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Grief is Like . . . an Old Pair of Jeans
I like to share with other bereaved people different ways to think about their grief. One way to look at grief is to compare it with a...
bethhewett
Jul 7, 20233 min read
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Finding Hope through Near-Death Experiences
In my work as a bereavement facilitator trainer, I get to meet a lot of interesting and loving people who have a real passion for working...
bethhewett
Jun 23, 20234 min read
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Two Fathers; Two Sons
Two men. Two fathers. Each had a precious son in his early twenties. Had. Each son is now dead. Each man has more sorrow than he ever...
bethhewett
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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Unlikeable Me
Beth reviews the novel, The World Without You by Joshua Henckin through the lens of grief.
bethhewett
Apr 21, 20234 min read
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