Huffington Postのインスタグラム(huffpost) - 7月13日 02時25分

In an essay for HuffPost, guest writer Julie Knopp opened up about her loved ones’ diverse responses to her grief after the recent loss of her 18-year-old cat, Waffle Cone.

“Within an hour of her death, a florist’s truck pulled up in front of my home. A friend had sent flowers with a card offering condolences. Messages from other loved ones included offers to give me hugs and homemade soup,” wrote Knopp.

But she says that “not everyone was so generous with their empathy.” Some people she communicated with daily knew her “loyal companion” had died and didn’t acknowledge it.

“Many of the societal mechanisms of social and community support are absent when a pet dies. Few of us ask our employers for time off to grieve a beloved cat or dog because we fear doing so would paint us as overly sentimental, lacking in maturity or emotionally weak. Studies have found that social support is a crucial ingredient in recovering from grief of all kinds.”

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