To someone who has lost their best friend...

I’m sure you’re grieving, crying and wishing your best friend was still with you. You’ve probably got their remains in a box, and a picture of them that you talk to each and every morning and before you go to bed at night.

Like it says in the famous poem The Rainbow Bridge, you desperately want to believe you’ll be together again one day and would probably do just about ANYTHING to have your friend back with you, healthy and happy...

I’m sure you feel you’ve changed as a person since you lost your friend and that life just isn’t the same without them because they were your life and you now feel completely lost.

Sadly, it is never easy to go through this and it doesn’t get any easier even if you’ve experienced this before. The emotions are still just as real and still need to be felt so that your healing can begin.

The biggest thing that will help you get through the pain, crying and even wishing you were already with them, is to express your grief in a way that helps you come to terms with it, without loosing the memory of your best friend...

Cinnamon came into my life when I was a college student and able to spend a lot of time with her between classes, while studying, on weekends and summers. I was even able to bring her with me on one of my internships. She was with me when I moved 15 hours away from home.

She was there for my failed marriage. Loosing her felt like I lost my right arm. She was with me all of the time. How could she suddenly be gone? My heart was ripped from my body.

I cried each night into my pillow. Through sobs, I would tell her how sorry I was that she was gone. How much I wanted her back. How I missed her with all of my heart. How I missed her with all of my heart. I knew one day I would be OK, but that day seemed so far off.

Sympathy from others helped me to know I wasn’t alone, but I still ached in my heart every minute of every day. At times wishing I had passed away with her.

After Cinnamon passed on I knew I needed to do something to honor her life and help me hold on to our time together. I decided to create a physical memorial for Cinnamon. So, in the corner of my bedroom I placed a shelf with her picture, collar, paw print, and ashes. I could look to this corner and know that Cinnamon was with me in spirit every night when I went to bed. It helped me feel close to her while I was grieving so deeply.

I placed a pet sympathy poems journal on my night stand that I wrote my feelings in as well as my own pet sympathy poems. This part of the memorial took shape over the following months after Cinnamon’s passing.

I was able to focus on the good times we had and all of the things we did together; like cross country road trips and the time she ran through the agility course all by herself picking her favorite obstacles. I was able to remember the love and friendship, the laughter and joy that we shared in our time together. I could take as long as I needed to complete the pet sympathy poems journal.

All of these pieces helped me to find peace with Cinnamon’s death. The pet sympathy poems journal gave me comfort and helped me feel closer to her, like she was laying there with me. I realized I could say good-bye a little each day, with each of the pet sympathy poems and stories; I didn’t have to do it all at once.

I got so much comfort from this pet sympathy poems journal I decided I really wanted to help others like you who have lost their best friend, so my pet sympathy poems journal for Cinnamon became In In Loving Remembrance™ a pet sympathy poems journal to help stimulate your memories and express your thoughts and feelings.

There are over 50 original pet sympathy poems in this journal. These pet sympathy poems talk about the loss, showcase the relationship with our pets and conclude with pet poems talking about moving on, letting go and being at peace.

As a special addition to the In Loving Remembrance™ pet sympathy poems journal there are over a dozen 8 ½ x 11 sized template journal pages for you to download and use in creating your own pet sympathy poems memorial. Usually valued at $9.97, this is my gift to you to help support you through your grief.

The templates allow you to choose the ones that speak to you and your relationship with your best friend while aiding in the healing process. In your journal you can include all of the pet sympathy poems from In Loving Remembrance™ or only the pet sympathy poems that speak to your heart. This allows your pet sympathy poems memorial to be unique to you and your best friend as well as what you need at this time in your life.

All of the pages can be saved on your computer or printed and placed in a binder or scrapbook to share with your family and friends.

For $11.97 you can create your lasting memorial, cherishing your best friend’s life, by getting your own copy of In Loving Remembrance™, the pet sympathy poems and journal templates.

Then click the “Add to Cart” button below to download this pet sympathy poems journal immediately and start creating your pet memorial to honor your best friend today.

You may be wondering what happened with Cinnamon.... About six years later, I was ready to let her go. On a peaceful, sunny afternoon, I dug a hole between a large granite rock and a pine tree and buried Cinnamon’s ashes in my parent’s yard.

I took some time to remember her and our years together as I placed her ashes in the hole and read a few of the pet sympathy poems I had written about her. With the last shovel of dirt I said good-bye out loud and read one last pet sympathy poem to the world and thanked Cinnamon for all of her love, comfort and understanding.

Taking this long to say good-bye to Cinnamon was what I needed. With time my needs for her memory changed. It was appropriate for her and me to say good-bye this way, taking years to do it.

Grieving a pet is your own unique journey to go through. It is your own timeline to experience. There are many ways that may help shorten the length of time that you are grieving the loss of your pet and make the grief process an easier journey.

If someone you care about is going through the grief process, you can help them the most by letting them go through it at their own pace; while you provide the love and support that they need during this difficult time. Showing your sympathy will make all of the difference in the world to them. To know they are not alone and that someone else truly understands.

 

Christina Garrison
Devoted pet lover, Poet and
Author of In Loving Remembrance™

 

P.S. If you’ve just lost your best friend, or someone who you care about has lost their pet, one of the best ways to get through the stages of grief and heal from the loss is to journal using pet sympathy poems, stories and pictures. This also allows you to create a lasting memorial that honors the life of your best friend. In Loving Remembrance™ is the pet sympathy poems journal I created when I lost my best friend, Cinnamon, that helped me to remember our time together and to feel connected to her after her passing.

P.P.S. To invest in your own memorial for your best friend, or to help the person you care about through their loss, In Loving Remembrance™ is a pet sympathy poems journal that helps each of us through the grief process while honoring our best friends with pet sympathy poems, stories and pictures.