You have my deepest sympathies. I know the loss of a pet is almost too painful sometimes to bear, and I guess time is the only healer for that. I was devastated when I lost my 15 year old girl kitty - fortunately I had a very understanding boss who let me take the next 2 days off. It's hard, too, when you talk to people and you find yourself suddenly breaking down into tears, where if there had been a human death in your family people would understand, but they think 'she's crying over a cat?'
Only other pet lovers truly understood. How wonderful that you could be there at the end. To this day, it makes me heartsick that I missed my girl kitty's death by just a few minutes - I was racing home from work because my daughter had called and said the kitty was in a bad way, and by the time I got home she was gone. 15 years of her total devotion and loyalty to me, and I wasn't even there to comfort her at the end. Oh man, this is making me cry now just remembering it.
The legend says that Mohammed adored cats. When one of them was sleeping on his sleeve and he had to go out, Mohammed supposedly cut off the sleeve so as not to disturb his pet.
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast - Proverbs 12:10
How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven. - Robert A. Heinlein
What greater gift than the love of a cat? ~ Charles Dickens
There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. - Dan Greenberg
If purring could be encapsulated, it'd be the most powerful anti-depressant on the market. ~Alexis F. Hope
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