Losing our parents and our pets can always be extremely difficult because both offered unconventional love and emotional support.
Our mother and father are the most important humans who love and nurture us once they bring us into this world, teach us important life lessons, and usually leave us before our time on earth is over. Our pets are companions whom we learn to take care of primarily for love, support, or friendly entertainment.
‘When I was young I had two pets, a fog and a horse. My first dog was run over on the street and then I had to leave my horse behind when our family left home to escape a future under communism.
Losing parents and pets is always a heart-wrenching and emotional experience that we all experience and must eventually accept and continue our lives recalling the good times we shared and the special experiences we had.
Parents and pets are the best role models for guiding and loving. Morality begins with a standard of ethics. We all need a moral constitution that we can follow. Loving parents and pets can also play an important role. They both teach children to become grounded adults… And so it goes.