I just received a cat sympathy card from my dear friend and her husband

[MIButterfly]

I am so touched at their kindness. More tears.

It helps to know that others care. At the vet's office on Monday, everybody who came into that exam room, to a person, was kind, sympathetic, compassionate and caring. They let me talk even when I babbled on; they let me cry even when I blubbered; they didn't rush me, so they could use the room. They really seemed to care about both Holly and me.

I never expected this happening to Holly, let alone so quickly. She was my healthy cat. And now she's gone.

[LoisB]

1. I am so sorry about your loss of Holly. I am also glad that you are/were surrounded

by sympathetic people.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

2. Lois, hugs from here...

Nothing hurts as viscerally as losing a beloved pet and I think that's because all communication is non-verbal.

It's in the eyes...the tone of voice....it's instinctive and honest. That's where the grief sits too.

So live in memories. That's what I've done. Bless you.

[SuzyandPuffpuff]

3. Some touch us ...

More than others. It's been over ten years and when I look at a pic of Scaredy ... I get emotional all over again. I've loved them all but some are beyond amazing. Glory in the memories

[SheltieLover]

4. I'm so glad you have been surrounded by compassionate people.

[3catwoman3]

5. I can still get choked up over beloved cats who...

…departed decades ago.

I’m now 75, and have had cats most of my life, so there’s a lot of paw prints on my heart.

Our veterinary practice sends sympathy notes, and I start to cry before I even open the envelope.

[slightlv]

6. I still get notices from my vet clinic about Toby's name being added to the Memorial

at the Veterinarian training facility in KC, each year now, for years. It may be an autopilot thing, no doubt... but it does touch my heart to think that someone else, even tangentially remembers him besides me.

[The Wizard]

7. Grief is the reaction to losing unconditional love.

Thoughts of Holly will go from incredible sadness to a smile on your lips.

[MLAA]

8. I am sending you hugs and love to you and Godspeed to Holly as she embarks on her next journey ❤️

[irisblue]

9. I am so so sorry. It is awful to loose a beloved cat

[SidneyR]

10. So sorry; I know too well how this feels.

[cab67]

11. First relative I ever put in the no-contact list?

Shortly after Isaac and Jeanie died about a month apart in 2006. (They were 17 years old) - "they're just cats; not like they're dogs or children or anything."


Not a close relative, but anyone who thinks of cats as disposable pets not worthy of love and respect - and who cannot see the love and respect cats give in return - is not worth my time.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

[3catwoman3]

12. Damn - that's really cold. Bad enough to think that...

...but to actually say it to someone who just lost their cats.

There are many days when I like animals better than I like a lot of people.

[niyad]

14. I have a t-shirt that reads, "The more I know people, the better I love

my cats." (There is a doggie version as well.)

[niyad]

13. When one of my kitties died while I was at work, one of my coworkers

said, "It's just a cat. Get another one." I said, "How would you feel if I said that about one of your children?" I never spoke to that person again. If communication was needed, I had another coworker do it. Everyone knew it was better that way.