How to Find Comfort When a Beloved Pet Dies

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6. Brutal is a good word

for it. I wish I could think of a better word, but I think you nailed it. I lost my beloved cat a year ago this past March 15th. I still can't get over it. I have nine other babies to take care of and to love... and I do. But Sweetie and I had something so special. And will always feel like I failed him. There are times I just can't face getting into bed because he's not there to curl up in my arm.

I have a 21 year old cat with thyroid issues that I'm babying right now. She's a Japanese Bobtail. They're small cats, almost kittenish in size. And she's lost so much weight; she's also completely deaf now. I know her time is around the corner, but damn... I just can't even think about it. She and I have been through so much.

Losing the ones so very special to you is like a knife to the heart that never stops digging in. It physically hurts... all the time.