Here's something from one Substack writer you might enjoy getting to know: https://open.substack.com/pub/pamelabusch/p/side-by-side?r=g3frb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

That piece juxtaposes Pamela's grief over her, sorry, their (it's hard to break the pronoun habit with someone I've been friends with since 1986) and their partner's cat, with the joy for the new rescue, and then goes into breaking up with but forgiving toxic family members.