Recent Content by wt1964

Yes. I'm certain that practically everyone here can relate. I am coming up on two years since I had to let my Lucy go. She was nearly 20 and we were fighting thyroid and kidney disease which were taking their toll. I made the decision to let her go before the horrific suffering began. I...

Time has kindly and compassionately allowed the grief to subside a good deal, but I can understand what you're saying. There are times when I feel so guilty for smiling or laughing. All I can do is take it day by day. A couple of weeks ago I was cleaning and blowing the dust out of some old...

When Lucy was a baby we got her her first cat bed. We were painting inside the house one day and she stepped in the white paint and left her paw print on her bed. It almost got thrown out some years later, but I managed to save it and to this day I treasure it. <3

That's very nice to hear...But I have sealed off my heart to another pet. I had three cats that all lived to be quite old. Lucy was my first, and she became my last. I'm not saying "never", but for me, losing her was like losing my child, and I have no desire to have another. It's a lifetime...

Missing my girl so much this holiday season. On Christmas night I was relating to my sister about the terrible decision to have to let my Lucy go, and the tears started flowing. One year and nine months now. Time has eased the grief, but I still have my moments. This photo is from our last...

Mr Karl was a very old little man. He was suffering the maladies that came with one his age. The one thing we cannot do is make our old companions young again. I understand about the guilt of having to end his life. But they get to a point that we have to realize that we are no longer...

Thank you, everyone. It's a great comfort to have a place to turn to for understanding. I always said that she was the light at the center of my universe. Your kind words always make me cry.

Today marks one and a half years since I had to let you go. Daddy still thinks of you and misses you every day, my little Lucy. My life was brighter for having you in it, and the space that you left will never be filled...

I feel you, my friend. Been nearly a year and a half since I lost my Lucy (19.5 years old), who was my "once in a lifetime cat". Time eases the grief, but I still weep for her and I imagine I always will. All the best to you and your babies.

If you were there with him in his final moments, be assured he was less scared. Allowing them to "go naturally" is a gamble, because it can be a horrible physical agony for them. In these cases, even though we know letting them go is the right thing, there is probably no great feeling of...

Time continues to ease my grief, but even 17 months later, I still feel her loss all too well. I shot this video 5 months before she passed. I spent a lot of time at my computer, and one of her spots was on a comfy little towel behind my monitor, when she wasn't in my lap. Sometimes, when I am...

My deepest sympathies. This is precisely why I decided against a collar for my Lucy. She wore one briefly as a kitten, but I was afraid of just such an event happening to her, so although she was an indoor cat, she loved going out, and I never let her do so without being on a harness and a...

That's how I imagine I will be in 20 years. Still grieving for my Lucy. She and I "traveled 'round" even longer than Bojangles and his dog.

Thank you, Artscats. That means a great deal. Thank you.

Actually, I have been considering it. Even though I do not want another pet, I feel like I am fairly starving for lack of any outlet for my overflowing heart, if that makes any sense.