Five years is a very long time.

[cadhla]

Five years ago today, my bluepoint Siamese, Leela, passed into the clearing at the end of the path. I still miss her deeply. Lilly is a sweet, loving, crazy, affectionate cat who displays all the best traits of her breed, and I adore her beyond words...but there are mornings where I wake up with a blue-faced girl purring on my chest and think 'ah

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[naamah_darling]

I forget things too, sometimes, and that's when it hurts the most. The pain is in the remembering, after those merciful couple of seconds of forgetfulness.

[soundingsea]

Aw. *hugs* Yeah, love keeps space in our hearts for those who are gone.

[scholarinexile]

::hugs:: The feeling is understood. I still sometimes hear Kitty's purr, now almost three years gone, when I'm petting my new kittens. They never really die in our hearts, and a part of it never gets better.

[gaaneden]

*hugs* She'll be waiting for you when the time comes.

[snowcoma]

I still haven't really come to grips with the fact that Freddie is gone. I wasn't there when he passed, and I still haven't moved my bed over from Mom's. I think it'll hit me when I sleep on my own bed again, and he's not there.

*sad hug*