In brainstorming ideas for Instagram content, I thought about some sort of piece on FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions) but realised it could actually make a good article for the website. With the Project obviously not being launched just yet, it was going to be impossible to reach out to followers to ask them to submit questions; so, I wrote a prompt for AI (specifically, Chat GPT) to create questions for me based on the contents of the website…
A lot of people underestimate the magnitude of what it is like to lose a pet. For some, they are 'just animals', for me they are my family, they are my babies. I own rats, and a lot of people will probably not like the idea of pet rats, but they are not what you think. They are so different to what most people have as an image in their head. People think, dirty, feral, aggressive, unsociable. That is so far from the truth. Pet rats have so much to give, they love cuddles, they love kisses, they loved being talked to all the time. They are so misunderstood. But probably out of maybe 30 people that have met my rats, pretty much all of them changed their opinion...
The question “will it ever get better?” is such a common ask amongst bereaved pet owners after their loss and Gracie’s Way wanted to provide some sort of helpful and motivational, honest answer for it. I recognise that unanswered questions – particularly around grief and specifically regarding pet bereavement – can be really incredibly challenging to live with or to be able to still move forwards. So, here’s Gracie’s Way’s version of an honest but hopefully reassuring and comforting answer to this question…
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Welcome to the first collaboration for Gracie’s Way, and I’m so proud and honoured to say that it’s with Amazon UK – a site I’ve partnered with many times before on my mental health blog; I’m NOT Disordered. So, today I’ve picked out 30 items (10 items for each of the three different categories of products) from www.amazon.co.uk which I believe can – in various ways – help you to cope with and manage your grief in your experience of pet bereavement...