My family had to put down our childhood cat last month and we're all grieving differently and no one wants to talk about whether to get another pet and every family dinner feels heavy with this thing we're not discussing. My mom keeps showing us pictures of cats online and my dad changes the subject and my sister and I are caught in the middle trying to figure out what's actually happening here.
More people experience this than they realize.
Unspoken grief about an animal has created a silence that's harder to bear than the loss itself.
“Where Are You with The examined relationship with animals?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.