Losing a Pet Is as Painful as Losing a Human
I didn’t just lose a tiny, seven-pound chihuahua. I lost a family member.
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6 min readDec 17, 2019
“Hi, my dog died. Could I possibly have an extension on this assignment?”
Sending several variations of this email to editors I was working with felt like a version of “my dog ate my homework.” It felt weird, silly even, typing out the…