Comments on Profile Post by yotacowboy

We who choose to surround ourselves
with lives even more temporary than
our own live within a fragile circle,
easily and often breached.

Unable to accept its awful gaps,
we would still live no other way.

We cherish memory as the only certain
immortality, never fully understanding
the necessary plan.

Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that have succeeded but not replaced one another.

So sorry to hear that. Thanks for sharing the above. Sounds like you've been through this before, though I doubt that makes it any easier in the moment. RIP Tucker.

"friends that have succeeded but not replaced one another."

Yes indeed.