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Why Losing a Pet is One of the Worst Kinds of Grief

If you’ve ever owned a pet, you would know what amazing and loyal companions they are. They’re the friendly faces, and I swear some of them smile like humans, the wagging tail, and the burst of excitement when you walk in the door from a long day at school or work. Even if you’ve only been gone for 20 minutes on a short errand, they will make you feel like the most important person in the entire world when you come back home. But what happens when they don’t come back home? For all pet parents, we dread the day that we will call their last. We take them to the vet, discover an illness, and immediately our lives are completely flipped upside down. Losing a pet can happen in a variety of ways, expected or not, and no matter what it hurts just the same. The thought that you’ll never

Lists

75 Things That Are Better Than Boys

Men give us ladies a constant migraine. Men who say women are confusing obviously have not looked at themselves in the mirror. So when you’re done dealing with men’s constant annoyance, just remember you will always have these things and you don’t need a man to make you happy. 75. University Primetime. 74. Google. 73. Pasta. 72. Star Wars. 71. Adele. 70. Full House. 69. Naps. 68. Vodka. 67. Dogs. 66. Baby animals. 65. Mangos. 64. Disney Channel. 63. Spongebob Squarepants. 62. 75 degrees and sunny in November. 61. Little Caesar’s pizza. 60. Strawberries. 59. Tattoos. 58. Frozen Hot Chocolate from Tim Horton’s. 57. Christmas. 56. Wine. 55. Full moons. 54. When the sun is setting and the sky looks like cotton candy. 53. Mascara. 52. Mila Kunis. 51. The Wizard of Oz. 50. Your 8am class being cancelled. 49. Funny cat videos. 48. Chocolate lava cake. 47. Baseball hats.

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An Open Letter To Every Kid That Has Lost A Parent

Dear you, Yes, you.  The one whose mood gets a little darker when you realize it is Father’s or Mother’s Day.  The one who has to scroll past all those ‘omg I would be lost without my mom/dad’ Facebook statuses.  The one who was always missing one hugely important person at your major life experiences, like graduation or your wedding. First of all, you are so incredibly strong.  We live in a world in which the family is a crucial dynamic for functioning in society, and to live with a missing piece is a battle that is incredibly difficult to fight.  I am so proud of you for getting out of bed each day and choosing to continue on, even when it is difficult.  It is so unfair that you have to go through this, but you are doing an incredible job, and I love you very much. Allow me

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Death on Le Moyne College Campus

As many of you may know, a terrible thing happened on the Le Moyne College campus on September 27th, 2015. As joggers were jogging through the woods behind the athletic buildings near Thompson Road and Alden Ave, they happened upon something that no one ever wants to experience. A dead body that seemed to be burned was discovered at 11:30am. Dewitt police investigators arrived on the scene around 12:15pm that afternoon and concluded that the body definitely seemed to have been set on fire. Because of the damage done by the fire to the body, the joggers questioned if it was even human remains to begin with. The body was so severely damaged that, at first, the police investigators could not conclude the age, race, or even gender of the dead person. A ceremony was held in the Le Moyne Chapel on September 27th at 7:00 to pray for the lost