We often assume that modern medicine draws a clear line between life and death. Diagnoses are made using advanced equipment, paperwork is completed, and families are guided through final arrangements with a sense of certainty—however painful that certainty may be. But sometimes, reality refuses to fit neatly within those expectations.
What happened at my husband’s funeral challenged everything we thought we understood about loss, recovery, and the extraordinary bond between humans and animals.
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