I am so sorry to hear of your loss! Pets are closer than some human friends.
I lost a cat this past week--hit by a car. I will miss her. I also lost Bitsy last May. She was scheduled to be in the Guiness book of record as the smallest cat in the world, but kept getting infections and we had to have her put to sleep. Her story in on my website.
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