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[Rose5555]

Good morning all. Thanks to everyone who offered such kind words about our dead cat. Popster, I completely agree with you about having another animal but in our case, I already have two dogs and three more cats and I do it in numbers precisely because it is a little easier then when you inevitably lose one. Animals have much shorter lifespans and you know, when you get one, that you are likely to see it die in not-so-many years. I have always found it easier to go on when I have other pets I HAVE to carry  on caring for. But that doesn't mean it is ever easy to lose any one. I cry my eyes out and feel I have let them down when one of my goldfish dies, for goodness sake!  My heart is frequently broken but you have no choice but to keep functioning for the rest of the family.
My son is taking it badly though. He came home from school yesterday and didn't feel up to going today. That is a brand new pain for me, when previous animals died, he and his brother were too young to fully understand. 
Shayna, lovely to see you back again and I laughed so hard at the story about the vacuum cleaner. I didn't even know it was possible to vacuum a ceiling! Can he come and do mine when he is done please?
Love to everyone today.