My Cat Was Killed Today Options

[hackneyslim]

I am sitting here, a grown man, with tears dropping onto my clothes, because the light has gone out of my life. My beautiful little cat, my own love for 11 years, my Chance, was killed by a stray dog in the street outside my house this morning. She was dead before I could get outside. I brought her inside and laid her on the couch, she spasmed a little, but she was already gone. I buried her in the woods across the road from my house a little while later.

This is the worst I have ever felt. My friends are being very kind, but I don't know how it'll be when I go out of my door again. I live alone, but I never felt lonely when my Chance was with me. Now I am understanding loneliness. It's very early, but I feel so bad. Not guilty, not angry, just sad. I don't think grieving is wrong, but I wasn't ready for this. My house is empty and still. It seems unfamiliar. I feel unbalanced, uncentred, I feel like a stranger in my own skin. I can imagine no comfort.

Thanks for reading this, and thanks to whoever for the site.

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[5catsmom]

hackneyslim,
Please know that we will always be here for you, and you don't need a spiritual side to know pain or to eventually find that it eases, which in spite of your present agony, it does in time. It's nice that you can visit Chance every day - I think that's a wonderful touch, and one which Chance would appreciate. They never leave our hearts or souls, and even when we feel we can't carry on without them, somehow we do.

I wouldn't want to offend you, or make you uncomfortable, but since everyone here is in my prayers, you and Chance will always be as well. You were wonderful to her, and to the other stray cats you volunteer with, and to me that makes you a special and rare person indeed. So many people can pass these poor souls by, yet you cared, and that's a rarer and rarer quality in our society. Please let us know how it goes, and take care of yourself - it's very easy, I've found, in the midst of deep grief, to ignore one's own health. Best wishes - Barbara