Kitty Urns by charmLA
I vote cool!
As the owner of a 14 year old cat, I have to admit that it sometimes crosses my mind that she’s not a Twilight (sparkly vampire) kitty and it freaks me out.
I’ve never experienced a pet’s death as a grown-up. Have you?
I’ve been worrying about this, lately! My boyfriend and I are talking about getting a dog, but I keep thinking that we’ll get one, and eventually have kids, and then when they’re in middle school (and life is hard enough as it is…), their dog will die and they’ll be distraught!
Is that silly? Maybe I’m being dramatic… I know I definitely want a pet, I’m just not sure when the right time will be…
I’ve dealt with two pets’ deaths as an adult, but fortunately neither of them required me to deal with the remains — one was my college roommate’s cat, who had to be put down almost immediately after we graduated because he had been suffering with feline leukemia for quite awhile and wasn’t getting any better. The other was the cat we’ve had since I was 10 years old, who lived with my parents and died earlier this year. My parents have always had a spot in the backyard (they have acreage) where they buried all the pets that have died over the years, but I have no idea what I would do in that situation, as I don’t have a backyard. It seems creepy and wrong to travel the four hours to my parents’ home with an animal just to bury it where it can “run in the woods with the other cats.”
Basically, I don’t know where I’m going with this comment.
I can’t decide if it’s sad or cute!
I had a golden retriever for most of my life. He was part of my family but we kept moving from one place to another and eventually he just kinda gave up. Suddenly he refused to eat even when we tried to coax him with really tasty meats. He just lay by his favorite sleeping place day after day and only after every family member got to see him to say goodbye, he passed away
It was like I lost a family member, but time heals!
Sometimes I wish I just lived under a shell all by myself and never loved anyone or anything!