[Qiviut]

The two vets who helped me with an elderly, ailing horse (she was 29 - I had her 20 years), sent me a condolence card with this quote in it - just substitute cat and/or dog for 'horse' & the general sentiment still applies, the first 2 sentences in particular. I still have the card from those vets from 1995 - it meant a lot to get it from them - the last 2-3 weeks they made several trips out to the barn, even at night, & were there when my horse & I needed them - very compassionate.

My condolences on the loss of your sweet cat.

We who choose to surround ourselves with lives more temporary than our own live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan. The life of a horse, often half our own, seems endless until one day. That day has come and gone for me, and I am once again within a somewhat smaller circle." - Irving Townsend "The Once Again Prince"

[FamiliarFace]

Thank you, that was most touching.

Putting one foot in front of the other today.