My heart goes out to you both. I’m so sorry for your loss. We had a cat, named Leo, he really looked the part, every bit. He graced our lives for 18 years and the stories I could tell you about him would make you grin ear-to-ear. I still miss him. What is it about these little furry miscreants that steal our hearts?
oh Dan, i’m so sorry. Erin and i have lived what you have written far more times then i care to remember. it’s never easy. know though that you gave Rufus the best care and love that you could throughout her life, and that she knew it and returned that love. all the best to you and Kel.
oh dan, i’m so sorry. i have tears in my eyes after reading this. you’ve brought rufus to life in this portrait, and it’s a perfect eulogy.
i often joke that god will have to take me first, because i can’t imagine life without brontė (my cat). yet i hope that someday i’ll have the same strength and understanding as you and kel, if necessary, to help her into her hereafter. and i hope it won’t ever be necessary.
thank you for this post. my heart is with you.
It’s terribly difficult to lose anyone we love, no matter what form they take in life. Pete and I have mourned so many, but ultimately I try to remember that we are more enriched by the time we spent together than we can be grieved by their passing. Rufus enjoyed a long and happy life with you and Kelly, and you were great pet parents to her. Pete and I will drink a milk toast to her tonight. Take care.
Oy! My condolence to you & Kel.
As someone who has always lived in a house full of cats, I know there is little I can say to comfort you and Kel. You did the right thing and you are all three in my heart today.
I’m so sorry that you and Kel faced this decision so quickly and unexpectedly. But then, at least Rufus got to spend a few days giving you all her love and then her pain ended quickly. Your story was beautiful and I’m sure it will be a comfort to go back and read it when you are missing her.
oh dear. i can’t think of anything to say except i am sending you the biggest hugs and lots of love. xoxo
I put a pet cat to sleep once (due to cancer), and my own reaction surprised me: I started sobbing right there in the vet’s office, and had to go to work that way. And I’m not the most emotional guy in the world, if you’ll pardon the understatement. My regrets for your loss.
so sorry honeys. i have no better words.
Oh sweetie...you’re in my thoughts tonight. Sending you big love. You honored Rufus with your words. Thank you for sharing her with us.
Blessings on you and Kel.
Geez Dan, sorry for your loss.
You blindsided me with this one. I didn’t realize where this one was going till toward s the end of it. I will tell you the same thing I told my wife. I don’t like surprises like that, you have to break me in gently, I’m just too emotional!
I still envy your ability to weave a tale that demands to be read. Rufus has been well honored with this post.
I had the same experience as Greg. My heart goes out to ya, man. However, I know that you’re the type of soul to be able to soak in the moments you shared with your little one. That’s a gift to be held on its own.
I was also shocked and saddened by your ending. I’ve only had my dog for two years and I know it will be hard for me at his end, and I’ve got another 10 years of attachment. I can only imagine what you guys are dealing with.
I’m so sorry. My Fafhrd, whose own nickname was LoveMuffin, went to the sunny field where the mice are fat and slow last year on March 1. He left me the same way as your Rufus, through the beneficent grace of the vet’s drugs. I held him the whole time, then brought him home to bury him under the hibiscus bush that housed so many of the little green lizards he loved to chase. He had some sort of leukemia, but not feline leukemia… it was, in fact, exactly the same kind that killed my father two months later. Sometimes the universe prepares you to face things in extraordinary ways.
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