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"Eartha Kitty", June 25, 2013. photo by Gina Matchinsky

January 4, 2014 question is: The best part of the day...

Sometimes, life circumstance can make cruel jokes on people. Today, our cat, Eartha Kitty who should have been 17 years old next month, just died. She had been having arthritis and being given pain medicine, and all of a sudden her kidney just stopped functioning. She can no longer pass water and stool, and her legs could no longer support her body much. She was probably in so much pain so much that it came to the point when she stopped eating altogether and the pain medicine seemed to no longer have any effect on her.

It was a draining day and we've been crying a lot for the most part. The saddest part was seeing her go and the thought of not anymore seeing those green, pensive eyes. She will be sorely missed.

With that occupying the most part of the day, it is kind of ironic that I have this question to answer on this really sad time of our lives. But I know things happen for a reason and probably this is a test of how I can still maintain that good feeling deep inside despite the odds. So what could be the best part of this sad, sad day?

Probably, it would be the thought that she is no longer in pain and that our little baby had lived a long and pretty much comfortable life. She had been a good pet and had made her human happy for the most part of her life and I think she definitely earned her reward in the after life and there after.