Thank you for sharing your love and grief with us. I too just lost a cat that we had for almost nine years. She was 12 years old and had not been eating well for a few days. She slipped out of the house and went across the street to some woods. She died either Thursday or Friday after forty days of living in the woods.
I have been processing all these feelings and I have come to experience some comfort. One thing that gives me comfort is that my cat died close to home in the woods across the street. I know whe could have simply walked across the street and she would have been back home with us but she knew how she was feeling and that it was her time to go.
She actually came to the edge of the street one night and meowed. I couldn’t see her because the street light could not penetrate the shadows of the trees and bushes but I heard her clearly and I know she heard me when I called out to her from the open window. Later I gave her some food which she ate a couple of times. She always came out at night. As one of the posters wrote to me—when a cat leaves home she will become nocturnal within a day or two. You will not see them during the day.
Cats and dogs are beautiful creatures and creations of God.
Amazing story, thank you for posting it....
You're right about animals being God's creatures. I'm convinced their little minds know a lot more than we will ever understand, at least in this life.