Animals give us so much, and many turn to animals when they have lost a loved one. Sadly sometimes we don’t realise just how much we love something till it is gone.

I know recently a friend of mine was upset as someone that doesn’t have children compared there loss of a dog to this ladies loss of a daughter. My friend was very strong on her opinion that you can’t compare a dog to a daughter. Looking at it from both sides, the thing is, both are grieving and both are in pain, does it mean that you are in more pain over losing a daughter to a dog? I don’t know, I have been blessed and have never lost a child. I do know though that we shouldn’t make light of anyone’s pain, cause for them it is very real and to that lady losing her dog, was like losing a child, as she doesn’t have children. I don’t think there is any right or wrong, it is just how it is…you grieve how you grieve, we are all unique individuals with unique ways of dealing with what life throws at us.