I Miss You Already: Preparing for the Unbearable Loss of Your Pet (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781665768887)

Have you gone through the grueling experience of watching your beloved pet enter the pre-boarding flight over the Rainbow Bridge? You cry out to cancel their fl ight. You are desperate to stop them from boarding... you try everything imaginable... but to your horror, you fi nally realize you cannot. control. death. You are facing
what feels like the most unbearable loss, and the grief that follows loss actually begins here... before your beloved pet is gone.

This is known as anticipatory grief: the shock and angst of watching it "coming around the corner." We naturally start grieving as we watch our beloved's impending loss. We can't escape loss, nor the grief that follows. Yet, we live in a world where grief is not well understood, navigated, valued, supported, or healed-especially related to pet loss. Hence, many people don't know how to deal with their grief, nor that of others. That's why I wrote this book sharing my deeply personal journey
through anticipatory and post-loss grief after losing both of my beloved dogs within nine months of each other.

Using my clinical expertise through the lens of my fi rsthand experience, this book is designed to inform, guide, and comfort you through every experience of anticipatory grief-helping you navigate the emotions, make meaningful choices, and experience personal growth along the way. You are not alone. I Miss You Already inspires the courage it requires to prepare for such an "inconsolable" loss, providing the roadmap to do so. Imagine Lifting UP(R) not putting down your beloved pet. It's transformational healing in the most profound way.

We cannot only "get past" our grief, but we can growbeyond grief and rise to resilience. I invite you to allow this heartfelt map to lead the way.

"Nancy Gordon taps into her many years as a licensed clinical social worker, a grief expert and of course, a dedicated pet mom in this must-read book that really explains grief and the healing process. Her determination and guidance to help all of us deal with grief comes through in every chapter. I highly recommend this book!"
Arden Moore, founder of Four Legged Life.com