Comments on: Alas, poor Yorick: when a child loses a pet http://onemomsworld.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/alas-poor-yorick-when-a-child-loses-a-pet/ --- musings on motherhood, writing, and pretty much everything else by Jennifer Clark Estes. Don't forget to wash your hands. Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:41:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Another one bites the dust « A Mom’s World http://onemomsworld.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/alas-poor-yorick-when-a-child-loses-a-pet/#comment-162 Another one bites the dust « A Mom’s World Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:56:38 +0000 http://onemomsworld.wordpress.com/?p=310#comment-162 [...] “Ah, Mitzi asked for some for her last birthday. Bizarre pets! She does an okay job taking care of them — luckily, they don’t need too much attention! Ours are called Swirly, Jr. (after the first, which died) and Lumpy. Or is it Bumpy? I can’t remember.”  (My blog post on that one in January:  http://onemomsworld.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/alas-poor-yorick-when-a-child-loses-a-pet/) [...] [...] “Ah, Mitzi asked for some for her last birthday. Bizarre pets! She does an okay job taking care of them — luckily, they don’t need too much attention! Ours are called Swirly, Jr. (after the first, which died) and Lumpy. Or is it Bumpy? I can’t remember.”  (My blog post on that one in January:  http://onemomsworld.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/alas-poor-yorick-when-a-child-loses-a-pet/) [...]

]]> By: Maria http://onemomsworld.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/alas-poor-yorick-when-a-child-loses-a-pet/#comment-84 Maria Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:54:26 +0000 http://onemomsworld.wordpress.com/?p=310#comment-84 Yikes! You could ask Checka for advice - she was about this age when Caesar died. Poor dog, he didn't know he was coming into a family with a bag track record for pet longevity....) I think I was about 10 and Checka was 7. Lucky for her she was off at a cello lesson and Marcello (I guess about 13) and I got to help my dad bury the dog in our garden (mostly, I think, because he didn't want Checka to have to see him and that dog was HUGE, Dad would have had trouble getting him into the ground on his own.) Good times.... The thing that really puzzled me at the time, that I remember asking my mom about: why do we "bother" to love our pets if they are just going to die? Why don't we just _not_ love them? Yikes! You could ask Checka for advice – she was about this age when Caesar died. Poor dog, he didn’t know he was coming into a family with a bag track record for pet longevity….) I think I was about 10 and Checka was 7. Lucky for her she was off at a cello lesson and Marcello (I guess about 13) and I got to help my dad bury the dog in our garden (mostly, I think, because he didn’t want Checka to have to see him and that dog was HUGE, Dad would have had trouble getting him into the ground on his own.) Good times….

The thing that really puzzled me at the time, that I remember asking my mom about: why do we “bother” to love our pets if they are just going to die? Why don’t we just _not_ love them?

]]> By: jmceeyore http://onemomsworld.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/alas-poor-yorick-when-a-child-loses-a-pet/#comment-83 jmceeyore Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:48:09 +0000 http://onemomsworld.wordpress.com/?p=310#comment-83 Live and Death. A major and difficult concept for all of us to understand. You can teach your kids that death follows after a long life and that Swirly had a very good life and lived to a good old age. Which explains his size. A short memorial service should be had saying goodbye to Swirly and thanking him for the time he was with you.Then a small celebration of cookies and milk in his honor. A leason of life that we all need to learn but not to dwell on. Live and Death. A major and difficult concept for all of us to understand.

You can teach your kids that death follows after a long life and that Swirly had a very good life and lived to a good old age. Which explains his size. A short memorial service should be had saying goodbye to Swirly and thanking him for the time he was with you.Then a small celebration of cookies and milk in his honor.

A leason of life that we all need to learn but not to dwell on.

]]> By: Michelle http://onemomsworld.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/alas-poor-yorick-when-a-child-loses-a-pet/#comment-82 Michelle Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:41:51 +0000 http://onemomsworld.wordpress.com/?p=310#comment-82 thanks for the early morning laugh!! great blog!!! :) well at least shelley still seems to be a viable crab!! thanks for the early morning laugh!! great blog!!! :) well at least shelley still seems to be a viable crab!!

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