tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211674678201251588.post4239004402284593261..comments2023-09-25T07:18:11.130-07:00Comments on It's All About Balance: EmptyAprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12051174636017409935noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211674678201251588.post-830095248931142842012-08-29T18:30:31.450-07:002012-08-29T18:30:31.450-07:007 years after we said goodbye to our cat, Shadow, ...7 years after we said goodbye to our cat, Shadow, I still miss him. Sometimes, I swear I can feel him padding through the house. I can't handle an empty house, and still remember that awful feeling in my stomach when we came home without him for the first time, and there was no one there to greet us.<br /><br />I never had a pet as a child - I come from a family where pets are viewed as expensive inconveniences - so adopting him from the pound was a revelation to me. He was my buddy, my constant companion, and when our kids were born, a protective big brother to them all.<br /><br />I truly believe our souls are enriched for having had pets in our lives. I can't imagine a house without one. Pet people get it, and even though we bring them into our lives knowing full well we'll lose them someday, just having them at all is a gift enough. Thanks for the reminder of what truly matters.<br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/O4n6yi" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/O4n6yi</a>carmilevyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211674678201251588.post-41782032173492499672012-08-03T12:16:57.670-07:002012-08-03T12:16:57.670-07:00It's so hard when you have had that presence t...It's so hard when you have had that presence there, and then it's gone. But you gave her a good life, and she gave you her love, which, from a cat, is a real gift. I'm so sorry you're hurting.Kimsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04605073877181945149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211674678201251588.post-81379268597888299622012-08-03T07:50:53.744-07:002012-08-03T07:50:53.744-07:00I am so, so sorry.I am so, so sorry.Missy Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09020559836786005693noreply@blogger.com