How we say goodbye to our pets and why it matters

[Catherine]

With my guinea pigs, I have buried them together in the same part of the garden. They  lived together as a family and I wanted their remains to rest together and return to the earth together as a family. These things do bring us peace. I look at the flowers growing in that spot and I remember them in peace.
There is something very human and connected to life and love in the way we remember our loved ones who have gone on before us.