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We had to say goodbye

Our cat, Ralph got sick this past Sunday evening.  When we took him to the vet on Tuesday, he was very close to death and we had to make a decision of putting him through a surgery that he may not survive or letting him go.  He was a wonderful cat, the best I have ever met in all the world.  I am so saddened by his death.  Maybe it's because he was just here, playing with us three days ago and now he's gone.  Joel and I are pretty much taking turns crying and Hannah is finding things to stop herself from having to think about it too much.  I know this may not make much sense.  I'll probably read it again next week and think, "What was I thinking? I should really learn to self-edit" But I wanted to let you know that I probably will either not be around very much or here all the time in the next month and this mourning will probably be the reason why.
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  1. overtiredmumMay 11, 2010 at 3:45 PM

    Lovely post, I'm sure you're still missing Ralph deeply. I've still got an unpublished post from last October about our cat that I can't bring myself to finish. Big hugs for us all xoxox

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