When you’re grieving your cat and it hurts to remember them, this process offers gentle grief support. It’s a helpful, meaningful way to channel your grief into appreciation for this precious feline and the difference they made in your life.
Editor’s Note: I felt we could all use a happy story about a cat who is still bringing joy and comfort to her people at age 16. Please enjoy this guest post from author Debbie Cohen. I couldn’t leave my bed. It just seemed like the only way to escape was to try and lose…
Dear cat lover, If you’ve ever lost a soul cat, you will appreciate the depth of love and grief the poet Deva describes for her beloved Benji. You will recognize feeling how precious the time we have with them is. And if you’ve ever lost a cat suddenly and unexpectedly, you will feel understood and…
By Rhiannon Hutchinson Back in the 90’s, my soul mate kitty, Tabitha, was diagnosed at 10-years old with injection site sarcoma between her shoulder blades. It was caused by a rabies vaccine, and that kind of cancer is especially bad because it grows like an octopus: it puts out long tentacles in every direction, which…
What greater gift than the love of a cat?—Charles Dickens There’s something about the love of a cat… which is to say, the love of a being that is not, frankly, all that domesticated. They don’t love you because it’s in their genes to love you. It’s like earning the affection of a wild animal… One…
Guest story-tribute by Michael Arnold Tab was a green-eyed stalker of all small things that slipped into the woods of that cat. The surrounding forest silent as creatures would stay safe from the circles he prowled. Two young girls found the collared cat with a tag stamped Tab. If the White House can be named…
