“What is grief if not love persevering?”

The Marvel Cinematic Universe unexpectedly delivers this profound line at the end of “WandaVision,” reframing heartbreak as a positive continuation of feelings we as humans signed up for. Grief requires active participation to stay alive, and to cut it off prematurely is to deny love’s importance to us. But all too often, we’re asked to put grief on hold – to arrange affairs, to fight over property, to get back to work or the worst yet . . . to move on because the world doesn’t deem your grief as legitimate or worthy. Pet owners know this injustice well.

“When you lose a pet, the world sees it like you’ve lost maybe a quarter of a human.”

The documentary “Parrot Kindergarten” explores what happens when a parrot named Ellie chooses to grieve. Whil

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