{"id":1690,"date":"2012-07-25T21:04:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T01:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/25\/the-grief-journals-to-help-in-the-loss-of-a-beloved-dog-or-other-pets3very-moving\/"},"modified":"2012-07-25T21:04:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T01:04:07","slug":"the-grief-journals-to-help-in-the-loss-of-a-beloved-dog-or-other-pets3very-moving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/the-grief-journals-to-help-in-the-loss-of-a-beloved-dog-or-other-pets3very-moving\/","title":{"rendered":"THE GRIEF JOURNALS TO HELP IN THE LOSS OF A BELOVED DOG OR OTHER PETS\u20143\u2014very moving"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have blogged the following in the past,  but in this series on grief, I thought it appropriate to blog it again.  Meredith<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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A Dog’s Last Will and Testament\u2014Unselfish to the End     (Author anonymous)<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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<\/font>When humans die they prepare a will in order to leave their home and everything they own to all those they love<\/font>.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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If I were able to write I would also make out such a will:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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To a poor lonely full of longing stray I would leave my happy home, my food bowl, my cozy bed,<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

my soft pillow, my toys, and my beloved lap– The gently stroking hand, the loving voice, the place <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>I<\/strong><\/font> had in someone\u2019s heart, and the love which at the end will help me <\/strong><\/font>towards a peaceful painless end <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

while being held in loving arms.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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And when I die then please don’t say:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u201cNever again will I have a dog the loss is much too painful.\u201d<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Find yourself a lonely unloved dog and give it my place in your heart.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

That is my bequest.  The love I leave behind is all that I have to give.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have blogged the following in the past,  but in this series on grief, I thought it appropriate to blog it again.  Meredith   A Dog’s Last Will and Testament\u2014Unselfish to the End     (Author anonymous) When humans die they prepare a will in order to leave their home and everything they own to all those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}