I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. I've heard of familys getting a "short lived" pet, such as a mouse, just for this purpose, but never done it myself. Still the idea that somewhere there is a family who had the nerve to dig a little grave, and then dig it up a week or two later to check how things were going to be very reassuring. My DS lost his great uncle at age 3 and death was a big part of his imagination. On night he drifted off to sleep saying...bug eat plant, bird eat bug, fox eat bird...ma...ma...what...eat...fox?....zzzzz
Of course he woke up the next morning asking the same question!
Best Wishes,
Trinity
