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"There are two things you need to know," she said. "The first is that Gavin came home yesterday happier than I have seen him in a long time. The second - and
by kwhitefoot 4y ago
"There are two things you need to know," she said. "The first is that Gavin came home yesterday happier than I have seen him in a long time. The second - and you are not to feel bad about this - is that he died this morning."
For some reason that strikes me as the most moving thing I have read in a long time.
- arethuza 4y agoSpeaking of moving things, the poem about a convalescent cat actually made me tear up a bit (I have a 17 year old convalescent cat): https://poetryarchive.org/poem/14-year-old-convalescent-cat-winter/ https://poetryarchive.org/poem/14-year-old-convalescent-cat-...
- kwhitefoot 4y agoThank you for that. Our cat died at 16 about seven years ago and that poem fits perfectly. And yes, the tears are coming even after all these years. We gladly paid the vet for whatever they thought might save him until she gently said it was time to let him go. As my wife said we owed it to him to give him whatever chances we could.