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.

Ashley Laderer
Elemental
Published in
6 min readDec 17, 2019

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“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…

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Ashley Laderer
Elemental

writer aiming to make people with mental health conditions feel less alone 🦄 it’s okay to be not okay. instagram + twitter @ashley_unicorn