pet death Archives

A Story About a Fish

By Every Family's Guest Writer -- Alison Tedford One day my son will read this fish story and will probably not be delighted with our behavior, but today is not that day. Thankfully. Once upon a time, I faced a parenting dilemma I did not know how to solve. We recently had a death in the family and our little dude was grieving hard (we all were, but he was really struggling.) All of our emotional energy was centered on helping us get through a tough time. That’s when his fish started getting sick. Now fish can have a [...]

Elvis Has Left The Building, A Farewell To My Cat

Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Elizabeth Robinson I'm big on marking occasions. Even terrible occasions. I guess that's something Facebook and I have in common. I actually waited to write this about Elvis until I got my Facebook memories for the day so I could see what the final pics posted were and download them. One year ago this morning... I fed the pets and Elvis wouldn't eat. I don't remember if he even tried. I suspect not. I could have waited until evening to see if he rallied but given his chronic wound and how difficult [...]