Loss Series 1: Coping with Pet Bereavement: My Forever Love for My Beautiful Cat, ‘Timi’


Işler Hayirli D.

Other, pp.1-5, 2024

  • Publication Type: Other Publication / Other
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-5
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Loss Series 1: Coping with Pet Bereavement: My Forever Love for My Beautiful Cat, ‘Timi’ is definitely not a farewell; it is only a love letter for my beloved cat who got lost on January 15, 2023, days after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit southern Türkiye. Like my country, I was also shaken deeply, and like the buildings, my heart almost collapsed. I lost not only one of my students (because of the earthquake) but also my cat. The weight of these two losses was (and has been) too heavy for me to carry. This piece is the first of the letter series that I am going to publish. This is my way of holding on to her memories. Since then, I have lost many more things and people. This is how I grieve. The next ones will be about the other losses I have experienced.