Life during Covid-19 really sucks especially if you loose a loved one. Here are a few helpful ways for Managing Loss in these difficult times. March 31st marks exactly one month since I lost my beautiful husky, Jessie. Ever since, we’ve been discovering ways of managing loss. We only just celebrated her 13 year adoptaversary on Valentine’s Day (which also happened to be Lunar New Year this year). She was 14, almost 15 and she lived a good life as the princess of Kennedy Town. She was strong, bossy, resilient, and friendly to people – especially when you had treats! We’ve been through a heck of a lot together over the years. And then in December, we got bad news that she had a mass on her liver that showed up on an ultrasound. So I suddenly stepped up as her palliative care nurse. Now that she’s gone, there’s a gaping void in the house that used to be filled up by her presence and an even larger hole in our hearts. We miss her so very much. Managing the grief is arduous and even sometimes surprising. It has a way of showing up when you least expect it, or […]

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