Bill Bodden's Blog - Posts Tagged "pets"

I've been seeing a lot of my Facebook friends writing about the passing of a beloved pet lately. Words are hard to find at a time like that -- good words, anyway -- that will offer real comfort in a time of grief. I have a standard thing I write: "Take comfort that you gave X a good life and a loving home." Sometimes I add "Not all pets are so lucky." It's taken me years to find that, and I'm happy with it. It gives the grief-stricken pet-parent...

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Buster in back, Chyna in front We've been catless now for more than a year. It's been tough for me to get over; I fell in love with our pair of Siamese cats, Chyna and Buster, and their passing left a gaping wound in my heart. Finally, we're done with travel -- where both of us will be gone -- for a few months, so this seems like a good time to get cats and allow them to settle in with us.

Including T's tabby boys -- Scout and Smokey -- we've had cats in the house for well over twenty years, so being without now for twenty months has made the house seem quiet and empty. We still haven't finished cat-proofing the house, but I think that's something that will have to happen on the fly, as it's tough to determine just what new cats will fancy that they shouldn't until it happens.

I didn't think I would like cats much until I lived with one. Her name was Cassie, and she was...

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We'd been talking for some time about adopting new cats. The house has been cat-free for the last 20 months or so, and it seemed empty. We debated adopting a dog instead: T. and I both grew up with dogs and love them, but dogs are a lot more work, and neither of us were sure of our ability to give a dog the time and energy it needs day in and day out.

I've written before about my heartbreak -- HERE and HERE at losing my Siamese cats, Buster and Chyna. They captured my heart so completely that when Buster grew too ill...

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