автор(ы): Tuzeo-Jarolem

If you are holding this book, you are trying to help a child whose beloved pet has died. I lost my first dog, Prince, when I was an eight-year-old child. If I close my eyes, I can still hear the clinking of his collar and tags as he walked away down the hallway after our good night ritual. I associated him with comfort, safety and love. And I sobbed myself to sleep for many nights when he had to be euthanized for uncontrollable epilepsy. As a young teenager, I was given the decision of whether to euthanize my two-year-old Great Dane when he bit my girlfriend in an unprovoked attack. I held Bandit as the veterinarian euthanized him ten days later until I was told to go comfort my mother who was standing nearby and hysterical with grief because “she needs you more.” I remember the resultant anger and outbursts that seemed so out of character to my teachers and family. Dr. Jarolmen brought so much of that back to me vividly as I read her book. These childhood losses can have life-shaping impact. Adults can help guide and comfort the young bereaved by understanding the path of grief and mourning that they may travel as described herein.

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