09-07-2008, 09:17 AM
hi Pam, thank you for sharing! I just now read this sad news ... I thought the topic was literally about gumbo, how to cook, where to find good gumbo ...[
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I have yet to go through the experience of a beloved pet dying from age or being put to sleep. I have come home to find my beautiful cat ripped to shreds by a vicious dog that had been ordered restrained, but the other cats I've lost have disappeared and I've mourned them in absentia. Still a loss, but different.
(I've lost koi and pet rats to illness, and I cried, but it was not like losing a faithful friend.)
I admire the way you've learned to accept and process it all. Wishing you the best, and may I have as much wisdom when my time comes!
btw, there's a Jimmy Buffett song called "I Will Play for Gumbo" that is a very up song. You might enjoy listening to it in memoriam.
]I have yet to go through the experience of a beloved pet dying from age or being put to sleep. I have come home to find my beautiful cat ripped to shreds by a vicious dog that had been ordered restrained, but the other cats I've lost have disappeared and I've mourned them in absentia. Still a loss, but different.
(I've lost koi and pet rats to illness, and I cried, but it was not like losing a faithful friend.)
I admire the way you've learned to accept and process it all. Wishing you the best, and may I have as much wisdom when my time comes!
btw, there's a Jimmy Buffett song called "I Will Play for Gumbo" that is a very up song. You might enjoy listening to it in memoriam.