Libby, (I didn't know your name before, but I do now.) I sure would not say you were nuts.

Nuts about your pets, maybe, but not nuts nuts......

I have had a dog I dearly loved and lost her when she was only one. She was my first and only dog. Since then I have had three cats that are at the Rainbow Bridge and currently have three cats.

I can honestly tell you that the love I had for especially two of the cats was beyond - well - regular interaction with my pets.
They were my best friends, they were my buddies, and they understood me way beyond human understanding. And they gave me so much love and care that I still cannot look at certain pictures without getting back those old feelings - and then I can break out into tears.

It is just part of being a woman - and please, do take time out for yourself....................I don't think you could come to a better place and put your thoughts in writing and have more people immediately understand. That is just the way Pet Talk is.

Writing - whether on the computer or by hand in a journal is a very cleansing thing to do.............you can pour your heart out and no one is going to make fun of you.

Karen is right - we are here today - and tomorrow and the tomorrow after that...........sounds like you belong here anyway!

I send you the biggest hug that can come through your monitor!