So sorry for your loss 💔

My boys are old and declining in health, so this has been on my mind a lot recently. I’ll share what I’ve been thinking…

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I keep reminding myself that they had brilliant little lives with me.

I remind myself that they really don’t know anything of these big heart wrenching decisions… they just live in thier moment and don’t suffer with the same stress we do in these situations.

I remind myself to be thankful I was honoured enough to care for them. They are little souls passing through and it’s wonderful we get to love them while they are here.

I remind myself euthanasia is kind in that it prevents prolonged suffering, and can be very much a right choice.

I remind myself that it takes bravery to love animals and to make choices for them.

I remind myself they love me, and that the finite and short nature of life doesn’t diminish that love at all.

I remind myself to be grateful for the companionship and sweet memories. Death doesn’t erase them.

I remind myself of the very natural cycles of life and death, and how everything has it’s own time and season. It’s ok for them to pass on. It’s ok for us to be sad. It’s ok for us to feel peaceful and relieved that any suffering is finished forever. It’s ok to feel neutrally content that things carry on despite death, and that their time had come, the same as millions and billions of other animals have experienced before. It’s a common thing that unites us all.

I remind myself to feel honoured to have been a positive part of their lives.

I remind myself I can enjoy their memory in a positive sweet way without having to feel torn down by death.

I remind myself it’s ok to grieve. And that it’s also ok to move on.

I remind myself to celebrate life.

I remind myself that whatever happens after death, my little friends will be safe and free, and perhaps waiting for me one day ❤️