i_just_put_to_rest_a_family_pet Death of a Rose and although i've done this before, somehow it seems to have left a bigger hole than the one i helped dig. Sugar had a long life with our family and she wasn't even my cat, but in other ways she permitted me to hold her and keep her close to my heart in these last few months. And I was there at the last to see her suffering come to an end. She was diagnosed with leukemia and she gradually lost weight until, in these last few days she could no longer drink or stand up. I hope she is travelling to another happy home, where the kitten in her will never die. With pure selfishness on my part, I will miss her. I'll see you again when the birds are lazy and the play is forever. 051211 ... camille cold wet Saturday morning ... the clay mud got even wetter through tears..I winced as I heard his back hip give as he was inched into his new home. Blood on my fingers, mist in my hair. He had been told to remain within a fence that borders acreage he was drawn to the the road wondering what was beyond...it was there that he discovered what was on the other side Hit and run early in the morning left to die with the villain's plates beside him.. he was a large dog a weimeraner. He was my friend After digging for what seemed like an eternity, I pulled him slowly into his new home, I patted him and told him, "I'll miss you" then I clutched a hand full of mud and began to clutch at more as tears ran like rivers until his new home was complete. Now on the otherside I sit and watch the seasons he'll miss... 051211 what's it to you? who go blather from