If a dear friend gave you a beautiful and useful gift and told you it was completely yours to use for your enjoyment and benefit, you would certainly take advantage of what this gift had to offer but you would also cherish it and treat it with respect and care out of love for the giver.

That is how I feel about God's gift to us of the Earth itself and the living creatures, plants and animals, that are on the Earth.

So I agree with the comments of AntiPam above. May the Lord comfort you in your loss and also to any others who have lost a furry loved one.

Right now my own little giftie (Julie cat) is asking, no, demanding, me to give HER a little love! So I gotta go ...

Peace to all,