[Mama_Bear]

Oh, no. How terribly sad. My heart hurts for Marissa. I know what it is like to lose a precious cat. That's why we don't have cats anymore. We lost too many. Some just disappeared and never came home, others got hit by cars. It's just too hard to lose them.

Is that the kitty that is in the photo with Marissa that you e-mailed to me a couple days ago? The grey and white tiger-striped cat?

Give Marissa a hug for me and tell her that I know how bad she feels about losing her special Milo.

[JustAmy]

Thanks, MamaBear.

This is the third cat she has lost. Her first, Simone, was also hit by a car.

Her second, Sassy, just disappeared. That picture was of Marissa and Sassy.

About a week after Sassy disappeared, Milo appeared in our yard. Marissa would swear that her prayers were answered. He walked up to Marissa and put his front paws on her legs asking to be picked up.

This morning, she was laughing and crying while she remembered him hiding behind a chair and then attacking me when I walked by.

It is difficult to lose a pet, but it is better to love and lose one than to never have a pet to love.

We will get another but will probably wait about a month.