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Kimberly Warner's avatar

The bonds with our animals are some of the most pure and enduring. If angels are real, I believe they are our angels, in this life and beyond. Unconditional love manifest. So heart-warming that Liz could midwife you and your family into this infinite loving. ❤️

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Baird Brightman's avatar

Thanks for your good thoughts Kimberly. Angels indeed, and Liz was our guide. So grateful for her wisdom.

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Neela 🌶️'s avatar

Grief transforms but doesn't heal.

It's not an illness or something to recover from but a reflection of love that stays with us.

I am truly sorry for your loss, Baird.

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Baird Brightman's avatar

Thanks Neela. I had to get a few years away from that loss to write about it. Tundra will be our last dog. We just can't go through that grief again.

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Neela 🌶️'s avatar

I think you just inspired an article friend and I understand :)

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Michael's avatar

Hard, very hard it is to lose a loved one. I have been at the death beds of my sister, my uncle, my mother, and more, and saw them take their last breaths. Some I still grieve for, all I wish well. A companion animal is a person and is no different in my eyes. Yours is wise advice about loss.

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Baird Brightman's avatar

Hard indeed Michael. We love and we lose. No way around it.

Peace. ✌️

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Mitch Trachtenberg's avatar

With awareness of how inadequate words are, I'm sorry for your loss.

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Baird Brightman's avatar

Words expressed sincerely are always worthy. Thank you Mitch.

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Michelle Scorziello's avatar

Oh, this made my eyes sting. Letting go of an animal, a cherished pet, a creature without our language, but so very cherished for that. I have three cats; I dread the day they go. They provide so much daily to our lives. I know I will of course home other cats, and there are many cats I remember as well as the sharp, sharp grief when they passed. Ah, love extracts a heavy price...

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Baird Brightman's avatar

Indeed Michelle. Certain beings are just so lovable, and loving them is just so delicious. But oh, when they go ...

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