On Tuesday, I had to make the heartbreaking decision to put my beautiful Tarka girl to sleep. She had given me so much love and had fought for so long, it was tempting to ask her to carry on for just a little bit longer, but it wasn't fair. She asked me to let her go.
I got Tarka in April 2003 and she and I bonded immediately. I picked her up and she snuggled underneath my chin against my throat and just purred and purred. Through all the bad times when she couldn't walk and she was incontinent she never lost her sweet nature. And in the last 2 and a half years, when her spinal condition flared up again, and she got diabetes and then had near constant bladder infections she was unfailingly loving and tolerant.
I'll never have another companion like her. I'll never love another cat like her and I will miss her forever but I do take a some solace from knowing that I did the right thing for her and that I will see her again sometime. And that right now, she is young and whole and healthy again.
Tarka - 8th December 2002 - 14th April 2020
I am heartbroken though.
I got Tarka in April 2003 and she and I bonded immediately. I picked her up and she snuggled underneath my chin against my throat and just purred and purred. Through all the bad times when she couldn't walk and she was incontinent she never lost her sweet nature. And in the last 2 and a half years, when her spinal condition flared up again, and she got diabetes and then had near constant bladder infections she was unfailingly loving and tolerant.
I'll never have another companion like her. I'll never love another cat like her and I will miss her forever but I do take a some solace from knowing that I did the right thing for her and that I will see her again sometime. And that right now, she is young and whole and healthy again.
Tarka - 8th December 2002 - 14th April 2020
I am heartbroken though.
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