Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet Hot

‘Goodbye, Friend’ is a beautiful book that offers advice and comfort to anyone who has lost a beloved pet. Packed full of heart-warming stories and compassionate tales, it helps us to accept such loss and begin the healing process.

Kowalski, a Unitarian Universalist minister, has years of experience helping his parishioners to deal with their grief when they lose their closest companions. He suggests that the death of a pet may represent the greatest loss some people have ever encountered, yet it is one that often goes unacknowledged. In his words, “It hurts and we need to say so.”

This book can help assuage a pet owner’s grief by offering practical advice for creating rituals to honor a pet’s death and helping children recover from their loss. A special selection of readings and poems also offer comfort and can be used for personal leave-taking ceremonies.

Kowalski reminds us that during a time of grief we must look after ourselves as we have looked after our pet companions. We still need to eat, exercise, sleep, have fun and seek companionship as our animals would have done. His words are caring and compassionate, leading us to a sense of peace and harmony at such an emotional time.

This book is essential reading for anyone who has recently lost a pet or fears the death of their aging companion.