tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796758322617574644.post7875060424954645987..comments2024-03-14T07:51:46.339+00:00Comments on dotmund: On bereavementdotmundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18272789893685683212noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796758322617574644.post-63001481544354654122011-10-18T09:16:54.035+01:002011-10-18T09:16:54.035+01:00I'm sorry about your cat :(
When I was about ...I'm sorry about your cat :(<br /><br />When I was about 5 years old I was given my first pet, a little grey kitten called Johnny who was run over outside the house within a few weeks.<br />I knew I was meant to be upset, and I was sad but probably more interested in the facts of it all, and my friend who lived next door was sad too and we cried alot together and it was somehow a competition that the more tears you shed the more Johnny meant to you and the more of a loving, genuine, better person you were.<br />And now I'm thinking about all the pets we've lost over the last 40 years, blimey, it's alot, and I don't know what point I was going to make. <br />Sorry xxvickynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796758322617574644.post-26658309754250441012011-10-09T21:24:22.560+01:002011-10-09T21:24:22.560+01:00Yeah, don't feel bad about that, friend. You&#...Yeah, don't feel bad about that, friend. You're feelings are always appropriate no matter what they are, because deep down there's a part of your subconscious that just dictates your response without you thinking about it, therefore it's a true response because of who you are and how well you knew the deceased.<br /><br />OK, I realise that probably sounded like pretentious guff, but let me put it another way. My Mum died back in January, Dad died in 2005. Occasionally I'll think I'm not keeping them closer to mind on a daily basis, but the fact is sometimes a particular situation or spoken phrase will instinctively remind me of either of them and, as 5olly said, that memory is almost always one that makes me smile.<br /><br />So my advice is, don't feel like you have to mourn more or in a particular way. There will be times when you feel sad, rest assured, but there are no hard and fast rules about you should feel at any given time. No-one's judging you, so just be yourself.<br /><br />I'll shut up now.Chris Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14451130702323813966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796758322617574644.post-73331232754259989972011-10-09T20:26:17.793+01:002011-10-09T20:26:17.793+01:00I found a Henry hair in my coat a few weeks ago, m...I found a Henry hair in my coat a few weeks ago, months after we had him put to sleep. I keep finding them all the time now, but now they make me smile. I think once a certain time has passed it becomes easier. It's certainly easier with another two rescue cats. Even if I do keep calling Jerry, "Henry".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com