When you welcome a pet into your home, you invite all the joys of unconditional love and meaningful companionship into your life. But when you inevitably have to say goodbye to these loved ones, it can create an emotional void in your heart that can seem impossible to face. Memorializing these loving members of your family, in a multitude of different ways, can help to ease your grieving process, and assist you in beginning to accept what life looks like now that your faithful companion is no longer with you. Explore a few reasons to memorialize your pet.
Ease The Grieving Process
When we lose a human loved one, there are many customs and societal norms that we’re taught to follow that are aimed at helping us work through our loss. From obituaries to burial ceremonies and sharing our emotional burden with loved ones, we’ve been prepared with a game plan for processing something as emotionally profound as loss.
But when it comes to your furry family, the customs for handling loss and saying goodbye aren’t so clear historically. Grieving the loss of your pet can be misunderstood or minimized by people who don’t have pets and can’t empathize with what you’re feeling.
This can leave you feeling in the dark with your grief. But it’s important to remember that grieving someone or something you love is a natural process, and isn’t meant to be ignored or locked away.
While physical memorials can initially be a difficult sight to take in, these tributes are also physical reminders to confront the grief associated with loss and accept the new reality. Experiencing that pain is both uncomfortable and necessary. However, as you grow through the grieving process, these totems can also help you recall the countless happy memories of your loved ones, eliciting happy tears, too.
Celebrate Their Memory to Help You Heal
Memories are one of the best legacies after the loss of a pet. Your pet undoubtedly entertained you, comforted you, and gave you many fond memories you don’t want to forget.
Memorializing your pet, perhaps by designating a spot in your home where you display some of your favorite photos, their urn, and their cherished possessions, is a great way to keep them close. A meaningful tribute like this can be a daily reminder that they made a heartfelt, significant impact on your life.
Taking the time to create a memorial can serve as a therapeutic endeavor, allowing you to both express the grief you feel, while also remembering all the wonderful times you shared – all essential steps towards reaching some sense of closure about your loss.
Compassionate Pet Care in Times of Need
At Midlands Pet Care, we know that pets are SO much more than just pets—they’re family. More importantly, we know how difficult and emotional it is to say goodbye to family. That’s why we offer a wide variety of heartfelt ways to memorialize your pet and honor its memory.