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MIButterfly

(3,649 posts) Thu Jul 9, 2026, 03:32 PM 6 hrs ago

I just received a cat sympathy card from my dear friend and her husband

I am so touched at their kindness. More tears.

It helps to know that others care. At the vet's office on Monday, everybody who came into that exam room, to a person, was kind, sympathetic, compassionate and caring. They let me talk even when I babbled on; they let me cry even when I blubbered; they didn't rush me, so they could use the room. They really seemed to care about both Holly and me.

I never expected this happening to Holly, let alone so quickly. She was my healthy cat. And now she's gone.

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I just received a cat sympathy card from my dear friend and her husband (Original Post) MIButterfly 6 hrs ago OP

I am so sorry about your loss of Holly. I am also glad that you are/were surrounded LoisB 6 hrs ago #1

Lois, hugs from here... some_of_us_are_sane 6 hrs ago #2

Some touch us ... SuzyandPuffpuff 6 hrs ago #3

I'm so glad you have been surrounded by compassionate people. SheltieLover 6 hrs ago #4

I can still get choked up over beloved cats who... 3catwoman3 5 hrs ago #5

I still get notices from my vet clinic about Toby's name being added to the Memorial slightlv 4 hrs ago #6

Grief is the reaction to losing unconditional love. The Wizard 4 hrs ago #7

I am sending you hugs and love to you and Godspeed to Holly as she embarks on her next journey ❤️ MLAA 4 hrs ago #8

I am so so sorry. It is awful to loose a beloved cat irisblue 4 hrs ago #9

So sorry; I know too well how this feels. SidneyR 4 hrs ago #10

First relative I ever put in the no-contact list? cab67 4 hrs ago #11

LoisB

(13,812 posts)

1. I am so sorry about your loss of Holly. I am also glad that you are/were surrounded

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 03:35 PM

6 hrs ago

by sympathetic people.

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,920 posts)

2. Lois, hugs from here...

Reply to LoisB (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 03:58 PM

6 hrs ago

Nothing hurts as viscerally as losing a beloved pet and I think that's because all communication is non-verbal.

It's in the eyes...the tone of voice....it's instinctive and honest. That's where the grief sits too.

So live in memories. That's what I've done. Bless you.

SuzyandPuffpuff

(821 posts)

3. Some touch us ...

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 04:11 PM

6 hrs ago

More than others. It's been over ten years and when I look at a pic of Scaredy ... I get emotional all over again. I've loved them all but some are beyond amazing. Glory in the memories

SheltieLover

(83,016 posts)

4. I'm so glad you have been surrounded by compassionate people.

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 04:15 PM

6 hrs ago

3catwoman3

(30,364 posts)

5. I can still get choked up over beloved cats who...

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 04:54 PM

5 hrs ago

…departed decades ago.

I’m now 75, and have had cats most of my life, so there’s a lot of paw prints on my heart.

Our veterinary practice sends sympathy notes, and I start to cry before I even open the envelope.

slightlv

(8,279 posts)

6. I still get notices from my vet clinic about Toby's name being added to the Memorial

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 05:33 PM

4 hrs ago

at the Veterinarian training facility in KC, each year now, for years. It may be an autopilot thing, no doubt... but it does touch my heart to think that someone else, even tangentially remembers him besides me.

The Wizard

(13,989 posts)

7. Grief is the reaction to losing unconditional love.

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 05:50 PM

4 hrs ago

Thoughts of Holly will go from incredible sadness to a smile on your lips.

MLAA

(19,875 posts)

8. I am sending you hugs and love to you and Godspeed to Holly as she embarks on her next journey ❤️

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 05:54 PM

4 hrs ago

irisblue

(38,299 posts)

9. I am so so sorry. It is awful to loose a beloved cat

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 06:06 PM

4 hrs ago

SidneyR

(261 posts)

10. So sorry; I know too well how this feels.

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 06:07 PM

4 hrs ago

cab67

(3,950 posts)

11. First relative I ever put in the no-contact list?

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 06:22 PM

4 hrs ago

Shortly after Isaac and Jeanie died about a month apart in 2006. (They were 17 years old) - "they're just cats; not like they're dogs or children or anything."

Not a close relative, but anyone who thinks of cats as disposable pets not worthy of love and respect - and who cannot see the love and respect cats give in return - is not worth my time.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

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