harleysnana
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My old dog "Jake The Dog" died today.
My wife and I prepared a grave and lowered him in the special blanket that she chose. I saw her open the blanket and deposit something. She said it was something Jake thought was special.(Treats)
This was her special gesture.
Hit me like a brick. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HEART SHAPED STICKER !!
After some thought, I remembered my daughter sending something with Granpa in his coffin:without prompting, and to this day I don't know what it was. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HEART SHAPED STICKER.
Are these symbolic things to make up for things we failed to give in life? Could they be things we do to hope for our own afterlife?
The psychology involved escapes my training but I have not missed the indicators.
Could some sleuthers help us figure out why the human animal performs these spontaneous acts while we are in the grief mode??
In my case... it was a paper heart!
When my mom died we all got to put some things in her coffin and
one of the things I put in was a cut out heart.
My reason... I wanted my mom to know that she took a piece of my
heart when she died and that no matter what she would always be in
my heart!
To this day I still tell my grand kids that grandma Jackie is in their heart.
I know this doesn't answer your question! But I wanted to point out
that to me a heart is a symbol of love and I don't think a stranger... or
even a nanny would use something like that!
Sorry to hear about your dog!