Grief and loss

We lost my daughter's hamster last month, it really upset me a lot, but as my daughter is more pragmatic I tried to suppress it all so as not to overshadow her own feelings. (Though she did see my crying my eyes out, so I explained people showed grief in different ways and not everyone cries when sad. ) It is sometimes hard when it's a small pet, as it's less socially acceptable to be upset and I don't want to take away from other people's more rightful grief.

I hope your group, though upsetting, was on the whole useful for learning how to process and hold grief in a more long term way. 

I liked the bit DormouseAtRest said about giving it physical presence with pebbles and such.

Wishing you inner peace.

Hi Cinnabar_wing I am sorry for your loss. Small furries are so lovely and vulnerable that I have had a special bond with them and their passing cuts just as hard. I was in bits when each of my rabbits died, and I get it. ️

Hi Cinnabar_wing I am sorry for your loss. Small furries are so lovely and vulnerable that I have had a special bond with them and their passing cuts just as hard. I was in bits when each of my rabbits died, and I get it. ️