Comments | holographicjoe: Death is Present

holographicjoe

Death is Present

Jan 18, 2006 23:00

Yesterday morning we took my old cat into the vet's to have her euthanized. We'd had her since she was 6 weeks old, and I was 8 I believe. That was a particulary tumultuous year and I needed some stability and something to focus on. Enter Smudge. I always felt safe when I held her or snuggled up to her, like she kept the demons away. Cats are ( Read more... )

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wearbear January 19 2006, 04:12:35 UTC

Hugs Joe, I'm so sorry for your loss.

nil_from_hell January 19 2006, 04:20:57 UTC

I'm really sorry. It's awful that being long-lived humans we're forced to outlive our closest companions. My dog is dying, and I've had her since I was four. It's really hard having to be the one who decides when they go, too. I'm sorry.

deafdyke January 19 2006, 05:40:28 UTC

so sorry, hon.

stoatcentral January 19 2006, 11:16:49 UTC

My profound sympathies, Joe...

so sorry to hear it fairiegodmother January 19 2006, 13:14:53 UTC

Smudge loved you, and you loved Smudge. What more can one say?

Only this-our relationships with animals are always less complicated and far more pure than those we have with people. That's why it's so heart-wrenching to let them go. We have no mixed feelings about them. It's just love, love, and more love.

Fairie G

Re: so sorry to hear it holographicjoe January 23 2006, 05:44:15 UTC

True. And they teach us over-complicatimg humans about the meanings of love. The debt we owe the wee little furries for their instruction is imp[ossible to repay. That one's oldest friend need only be addressed by a look in the eyes is so hard to learn...There'sa a hook there that lasts forever. I've been seeing that bloody cat everywhere for a week. To the point where it can't be all me. It's ridiculous already.