Loneliness ~ Lacking companions or companionship ~ the theme for this week’s 52 HeARTs creative project from HeARTs Speak, a non-profit which connects artists (including photographers) around the world with rescues and shelters, to help animals in need.
I wasn’t able to visit the local rescue centre this week, so I looked closer to home for this assignment. I photographed the collars worn by two of our much missed dogs.
Once they were gone, their collars were something I could still hold. This brought some comfort amongst the pain. Though how I wish they could be filled once more, with the fur and energy of my loved ones. Each dog is a unique soul and each is missed tremendously.
Although I am comforted by my husband and our remaining dogs and the kind words of others, I certainly feel loneliness as part of the loss. An enormous sense of self-inflicted loneliness that I could not live my life without.
Loneliness is one of our greatest dreads. Most of us have felt it. Most of us have feared it ~ Mind.
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