On 8/10/2014 6:42 AM, Nancy Young wrote:

> I have heard of people telling someone who lost a child that
> they could just have another one. Yowsa. So you know if it's
> a dog or a cat, there are those who won't understand.


I lost a child in 1996. She was 21, a dean's list student in college
between her junior and senior year and she did that with a learning
disability. A tiny, pretty, athletic, loving girl.

Whenever I hear someone who loses a pet say that it's like losing a
child, I cringe. I have lost beloved pets and it is like losing a
family member, but never, ever anything akin to the non-stop pain of
losing a child!

I think people should be a little more sensitive.
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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas