{"id":2646,"date":"2011-02-22T11:45:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T15:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2025-11-27T02:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T07:01:50","slug":"personal-sympathy-cards-gratefully-received","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/sympathy-cards\/personal-sympathy-cards-gratefully-received\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Sympathy Cards Were Gratefully Received"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the course of my life, I\u2019ve sent many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/sympathy-cards\/\"><strong>personal sympathy cards<\/strong><\/a> to friends, relatives, and co-workers. I\u2019ve also been on the receiving end, having lost several family members over the last several years. But I was quite surprised to receive sympathy cards for a recently deceased family member. You might be wondering why I was surprised, considering the fact that sending sympathy cards is a pretty common practice here in the United States. But this \u201cfamily member\u201d was actually a pet. Spike was with us for 17 years! That\u2019s longer than most marriages these days, so it was with great sadness we were faced with ending his suffering.<\/p>\n<p>Pets don\u2019t live as long as humans but the sadness felt can be the same. I know people will say he was just a cat, but he was more. He was a sounding board when I needed to vent, a comfort when I felt sad, and a clown who could make me laugh. While the whole family felt sadness with the decision that had to be made, no one was sadder than my 19-year-old daughter. Spike had been a part of her life for as long as she could remember. So the sympathy card that arrived a few days later from our vet was gratefully received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Throughout the course of my life, I\u2019ve sent many personal sympathy cards to friends, relatives, and co-workers. 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