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Pet Memorials - People Find Peace in Pets' Passing

With a tremendous love for animals, Colleento honor their cherished friends with
Mihelich has an understanding of the deepelegance, dignity and honor, and that their
grief associated with their death, somethingpets deserve the very best. That's why her
she remembered when she lost her quartercompany searches for the finest craftsmanship
horse named Pepper when she was 16 years old.and  quality.
Many of us have been touched by the loss of a
beloved pet, and since Colleen understandsHer company also provides grieving support,
the heartache of that loss, she has devotedand people can find links to pet loss
her career to a company and website calledinformation and pet loss counseling websites
It is dedicated to helping others honor theto help them say goodbye to their beloved
loss  of  their  pets through a pet memorial.pet. It's particularly helpful for parents
assisting children with a pet loss. Guests on
Although Pepper was gone, Mihelich knew thatthe website can create virtual pet memorials
the love she felt for her horse would nevervia a living pet memorial to share loving
go away. That's why she decided that peoplememories and favorite stories about their
needed a way to help keep their memoriespets with family and friends, including a
alive and created an online community, a petwritten tribute, and dialog and photographs
memorial website. Here, grieving pet ownersthat  honor  their  pet's  memory.
can choose handcrafted pet memorial products
including custom pet grave markers, memorialBereavement counselor Marty Tousley says,
pet urns, garden statue pet memorial stones,"One of the biggest myths about the grief
keepsake boxes, pet portrait and art andthat accompanies pet loss is that it's
tribute paintings, glass art, burial boxessomehow different than grieving the loss of a
and  more.human. When love is lost it does not matter
if it's a human or an animal, because we
We've all found little nuggets of wisdom orstill  feel  grief."
inspirational stories that have helped us
move on," said Mihelich, founder ofThe American Pet Products Manufacturers
Peternity. Many of us found little nuggets ofAssociation (APPMA) 2007-2008 National Pet
wisdom or inspirational stories along the wayOwners survey states that 63 percent of U.S.
that have helped us move on," said Mihelich,households own a pet, which equates to 71.1
founder of Peternity. "The loss of a pet is amillion homes, up from 56 percent in 1988.
very difficult thing. That's why grieving theAPPMA estimated the spending of $40.8 billion
loss is an important step towards healing;on  pets  in  2007  in  the  United  States.
just about as important to many people as the
loss  of  a  human  being.""It would be impossible to say how much we
appreciate all that Peternity did in helping
Continually on the lookout for unique,us with our stone for Buddy. It is just
handcrafted pieces of art to help herbeautiful and we couldn't possibly be happier
customers express their love, joy andwith how it turned out," said Alan and
memories, Mihelich believes that people wishStephanie Thomas.



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