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09/02/2025

Sometimes I sit in your favorite spot in the yard. I close my eyes and imagine you running circles around me. It’s a bittersweet comfort. Do you ever revisit your pet’s favorite places?

I was feeding a very feral kitty on my back deck for several years. One day, I went to put his food outside and noticed ...
09/02/2025

I was feeding a very feral kitty on my back deck for several years. One day, I went to put his food outside and noticed he had brought a friend. This pretty kitty was friendly and very hungry. I fed both of them and they disappeared.

To my surprise, that pretty kitty showed up again the next day and ate voraciously. It appeared that it might have worms, so I couldn’t bring it in, as I had seven cats of my own! However, I promised myself that if the cat showed up the next day I would corral it and take it to the vet for a checkup. Sure enough, it was back the next day, so I packed it up and off we went to my vet to get the kitty checked out.

Imagine my surprise when the vet told me.

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During college I worked at a local animal hospital. One weekend, I stopped by and was told of a kitten that was schedule...
09/02/2025

During college I worked at a local animal hospital. One weekend, I stopped by and was told of a kitten that was scheduled to be euthanized. I went to find the kitten but only found what seemed to be an empty cage. Back in the corner of the cage was an orange ball of fur. The kitten was barley moving and seemingly lifeless.

She had been struck in the head by a dog at her previous owners and could no longer walk. The owners choose euthanasia instead of treatment.

I asked the veterinarian to delay the procedure till Monday and I would foster her through the weekend. I wanted her last days to be filled with love and affection.

I spent the weekend taking care of her. She would eat if food was held to her mouth and go to the bathroom if she was held up in her litter box.

Despite all of this, she still could not move. She would simply lay motionless whenever she was laid down.

Sunday night arrived and she still hadn’t walked, I had lost hope. I knew that a life of being helpless and immobile was not fair to her. I laid down with her and said a prayer while she purred next to my cheek.

Monday morning arrived and my family and I began saying our goodbyes but then...

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09/02/2025

The holidays feel different without you by the tree. You were part of the family traditions, just like everyone else. Nostalgia makes me feel your absence the most in those moments. What holiday memory do you hold with your pet?

09/02/2025

I keep thinking I’ll see you at the window waiting for me. That image is burned into my heart. It’s a memory that will never leave. Where did your pet always wait for you?

"She's the last cat in the cage. I think she's too ugly," my friend said.That was all it took. I dashed to the pet shop ...
09/02/2025

"She's the last cat in the cage. I think she's too ugly," my friend said.

That was all it took. I dashed to the pet shop and bought her. And so Strudel, the ugly cat with a beautiful heart, came home with me.

This beautiful soul lived with me for 20 years. And every night for twenty years...

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09/02/2025

I miss the way you made ordinary days extraordinary. Even a walk around the block felt like magic with you. Nostalgia makes me crave those simple moments. What ordinary thing was made better by your pet?

Meet Luna. The young feline was involved in an accident that would have resulted in her death.Luna arrived at the shelte...
09/02/2025

Meet Luna. The young feline was involved in an accident that would have resulted in her death.

Luna arrived at the shelter paralyzed from the waist down with an open spinal wound. They told us, "Her hind legs and tail were immobile and cold, but she could still feel them—our hearts were breaking. Luna's eyes were full of pain and exhaustion.

Luna couldn't defecate on her own and was on the verge of euthanasia...

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09/02/2025

Sometimes I think I hear your bark when no one’s there. It makes me pause, then smile. Maybe nostalgia is just love echoing. Have you ever heard your pet in the quiet?

09/01/2025

I remember the weight of your head on my lap. It was a quiet comfort like nothing else. Nostalgia makes my knees ache for that warmth. How did your pet comfort you best?

09/01/2025

Even the simple act of opening the front door feels different. You’re not there waiting with excitement. That absence still stings. What daily ritual reminds you of your pet?

I had to send my long haul trucking buddy Thomas over the Rainbow Bridge in August of 2014 due to bladder stone complica...
09/01/2025

I had to send my long haul trucking buddy Thomas over the Rainbow Bridge in August of 2014 due to bladder stone complications, after he fought for two weeks for his life. I had been an emotional wreck since, but I was not sure I was ready for another feline in my life, either.

A job transfer moved me to Phoenix two months after losing him, and I would occasionally go the shelters to “get catted” but none were a real match for me.

On January 31, 2015, I went to the shelter with my best friend and visited with three cats. Then she said, “I think you should take a look at this one.”

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