It rips a hole in your heart because you have lost a part of your family.

But I am happy to say inside the heartbreak there is room to make new loves. We adopted a cat Emme in Sept. She spent her whole life in the animal shelter so brings us entertainment every day while the world is opening up to her. And 3 weeks ago we adopted a new dog because my husband had a terrible accident and while he was in the hospital decided he needed a dog to help him recover. Thus Colin (13 months and 110 lbs) arrived. In some ways it makes us miss Max more but both he and Emme brought so much love with them.

Of course no other cat will replace your beloved Tiger but hopefully Tiger will find and send your way a new cat to love you as much as he did.

We had to put our beloved cat, D’artagnan “to sleep” a couple of months ago (lymphoma). It was a couple of months after the birth of our second child and our cat’s death combined with the postpartum hormones turned me into a bit of an emotional wreck.

Be kind to yourself.