Anna, that's simply beautiful. What a loving tribute to a loving boy, mother to son. I had a hard time reading it, so I can only imagine how difficult it was for you to write.

Grieving is usually harder for men to deal with. Men don't seem to want to be comforted, but to deal with the pain in their own way. When Stolly went to the Bridge 6 years ago, Michael was deeply depressed for months and lost about 40 lbs. It took him quite a long time to move forward. I dealt with the feelings, felt them, hated all of it, and slowly began to feel less and less of the pain, but he had a much harder time.

Just be there for each other and let each other feel it for as long as you each need to.

Mark, I hope you'll take some small comfort in the knowledge that we all loved Angus, all of us here at Pet Talk. He'll be missed by us each and every day.