“The other thing people say when a pet dies is, ‘She had a good life.’ But did she?” Shay Castle pens a moving obituary for her dog, Sydney.
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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story
Waiting for Alice
Nick and Nora had Asta. Why can’t we have Alice?
Posted inEditor's Pick
A Woman’s Work: Becoming a Home of One’s Own
Carolita Johnson considers what it takes to recover from grief, build strength for the future, and become one’s own center of gravity again.
Posted inReading List
I Will Outlive My Cat: A Reading List on Pet Death
Alison Fishburn shares seven longreads on how humans experience the death of their pets.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
How to Predict the Unpredictable
After the death of her dog, Katie Gutierrez grapples with the ripple effects of her decisions — and how to live with uncertainty as a mother.
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Species of Grief
In the wake of losing both her father and her dog in the space of six months, Meghan Daum muses on different experiences of loss, grief, time and aging.
Posted inNonfiction
Unleashed in Paris
As a semi-professional dog walker in Paris, expat Kate Gavino has found a comfortable way to learn French.
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Make Way for Meera
She bounded up a mountain humans can only slog up, and she’s the second-best dog in the world (after your dog, obv).
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
O, Small-Bany! Part 3: Summer
Notes from in between meditation-app alerts.
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‘I’m Not Saving These Pit Bulls—They Are Saving Me’
Jason Flatt’s animal rescue operation, Friends to the Forlorn, has saved 600 dogs and counting since 2009 and specializes in rescuing pit bills.