Its My Birthday
By Inlemay
@Inlemay (17714)
South Africa
November 16, 2020 1:20am CST
Good morning, afternoon or evening to everyone around the globe.
16th November is my special day as I celebrate it every year as the day that I was given life and brought into the world.
Its a day I normally have 100% zest and zeal and great excitement, however, I have been tremendously depressed after the death of my cat and I just can't seem to shake the sadness.
Knowing my problem and taking a look in the mirror and trying to find a way through this feeling I came upon a "7 self-care essentials while grieving the death of a pet" and if this can help me overcome my sadness, then I am going to try everything to feel better.
The two points I find most difficult are "maintaining routines with your living pets" - every time I see my sad little Talu, I can see her grieving too and I break into tears.
?"Reflect upon the life shared between yourself and your beloved pet" - this one is the worst because in every corner of my home, garden, room, everywhere, there is a memory of Picasso and I just get emotional all the time.
Hopefully, this too shall pass as they say, but until then I thank you for being my audience today and taking the time to listen and read. Your words of comfort are always appreciated and I hope I am back to my normal self soon.
How do you cope with special days when you are not feeling up to seeing or visiting with people?
16th November 2020 - the children have booked a table for dinner. I love them for their kindness, patience and unconditional Love in my troubled days - Very Special family
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13 responses
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Nov 20
Happy Birthday to you. I hope you had a lovely time with your children for the dinner. I remember the day my daughter was born which was 27th June and my birthday is 4th July. I was so ill after she was born and I wished to come out of the hospital for my birthday. I walked ever so slowly on my birthday outing to the pier.
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@arunima25 (85305)
• Bangalore, India
16 Nov 20
Happy birthday. You are blessed to have a wonderful family. I can relate to your loss of Picasso. We lost our Topaz, Golden retriever in 2014. He lived with us for 17 long years and we still miss him
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@arunima25 (85305)
• Bangalore, India
17 Nov 20
@Inlemay It's sad and it took us time to overcome that loss. But glad that he lived a long and healthy life and passed away in peace without any suffering. We have many beautiful memories to cherish.
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@ckciasigurl (2081)
• Italy
16 Nov 20
hello happy birthday and im so sorry for your loss
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@paulobraga85 (809)
• Brazil
16 Nov 20
The kids are near of you...I understand that the pets are important.
I had a Labrador like you...
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@setiyawanangga (123)
• Indonesia
16 Nov 20
I am so so sorry about the loss of your cat
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