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[hopelessheart]

I’m so glad I found this site. I recently lost my cat Friend and, I’ve been having a tough time dealing with it. I’ve been feeling depressed and hopefully sharing my story will ease the pain.
My husband found Friend in a Home Depot parking lot during the winter a some years back. Somebody dumped Friend and a couple of his brothers and sisters who were all sadly run over. While walking to his car Friend popped out from underneath a nearby car. It was very cold and I believe he was just trying to keep warm. Friend was skittish at first, but after some convincing he ran into my husband’s arms. He brought Friend home and he very quickly became a member of our family.
We quickly noticed that Friend would rather hang outside than inside with our other cat. So we let him stay outside and our 32 acre ranch gave him plenty of room to hunt and play. Every morning he would come to eat, and on the occasional cold nights or hot days he’d come stay with us inside. He was such a joy to be around, always a laid back cat.
A couple of days ago I called Friend to eat in the morning and he didn’t show. I thought he had maybe run far off and decided to give him awhile to get home. After a couple of hours I realized he wasn’t coming home. In our area we do often have coyotes running around and I was afraid Friend had come across one. Three days went by and I still continued to call him never giving up hope. Finally while I was walking around searching for him I found him. He was crouched in a corner of our goat pen. I called him and called him but he wouldn’t get up. I knew then something was seriously wrong. It wasn’t until I got close to him that I realized the severity of Friend’s issues. It looked as if Friend had been hit by a car. My husband and I decided that Friend was too far gone and he might die on the trip to the vet. So we decided to take him home and take care of him until it was time to let go.
I stayed with Friend the whole night and just talked and petted him trying to make him comfortable. I often tell my animals a sort of bedtime story of how they came into our lives. So I told Friend the story and told him that I understood he was in pain and that it was his time to go. I’ll never forget the look in his eyes as I told him the story. He was looking at me as if he was remembering and understood every word I said. I didn’t want him to die alone so I stayed with him. I got up to go check on my husband who wasn’t feeling too good, and it was at that moment that I left Friend alone that he passed.
My husband and I buried him under a tree on our property. It was so hard to let him go and I feel horrible that he died alone. I miss him and each day without him gets harder and harder. It’s been hard for me to go out in the morning as I was use to seeing him run towards me. Like I said before I hope me sharing this story helps with the pain. Thanks to anybody who reads Friend’s story.

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[Stormycloud]

Hi there,

Just wanted to say I just read your posts about your cat Friend and I was crying my eyes out. I hope you are feeling okay about your move now. Sometimes I wish I could move to stop all the memories of my dog, Storm - he died on Monday and it's been terrible. I also read about your dog you had and how it took you so long to give your heart to another pet - I feel the same way. I cannot imagine getting another dog - EVER. I know that may change someday, but I have no love to give right now to another doggy, but I do have my two cats who I can shower in the meanitme with love.

At any rate, I hope you can find some peace in your new home, maybe it will help your healing process. So very sad you had to move in light of the fact your sweet Friend was buried at the old house, I am so sad to hear that. He sure was a cutie.

Take care, I hope we both can find happiness soon, I am finding it very hard and cannot wait until I can think of my Stormy and just smile instead of crying fifteen times a day (my eyes sure look funny these days). Tonight I had to give my cat some of Stormy's wet food as I had run out of wet cat food and that was HARD. Don't know what I was going to do with the rest of the wet dog food, can't leave it in the fridge forever - sigh.

Anyway, hope you are feeling okay about your move - your Friend sure was a sweetie.

Moira