Dylan - R.I.P.

I am very sad today.  The kids told me yesterday that Dylan, my big beautiful orange maniac of a cat, was acting a little "off" in the afternoon.  He hadn't shown any symptoms at all before - he was his usual rambunctious self right up to yesterday afternoon.  Because I got home late yesterday and had to enter a cleaning frenzy last night, I didn't check on him.  It wasn't unusual for him to go off and sleep by himself for a while, so I didn't think it was all that strange.  But this morning when he didn't come around for his customary "hi are you up yet, pet me now!" greeting I got worried.  We couldn't find him upstairs or downstairs so David went to check the basement.  He found Dylan, all curled up and already gone. 

I am heartbroken, guilty and miserable.  I had to wake the kids  up to tell them before we left for work because I didn't want them to find out when we weren't home.  They have Kimba, Charlotte and Thomas to keep them company, but Dylan was a very large presence in the house and he will be missed very much.

Funeral services will be held tonight in the back yard.  David keeps reminding me that he had a very happy life with us and that is true.  But I still feel horrible.

Dylan - R.I.P.

I am very sad today.  The kids told me yesterday that Dylan, my big beautiful orange maniac of a cat, was acting a little "off" in the afternoon.  He hadn't shown any symptoms at all before - he was his usual rambunctious self right up to yesterday afternoon.  Because I got home late yesterday and had to enter a cleaning frenzy last night, I didn't check on him.  It wasn't unusual for him to go off and sleep by himself for a while, so I didn't think it was all that strange.  But this morning when he didn't come around for his customary "hi are you up yet, pet me now!" greeting I got worried.  We couldn't find him upstairs or downstairs so David went to check the basement.  He found Dylan, all curled up and already gone. 

I am heartbroken, guilty and miserable.  I had to wake the kids  up to tell them before we left for work because I didn't want them to find out when we weren't home.  They have Kimba, Charlotte and Thomas to keep them company, but Dylan was a very large presence in the house and he will be missed very much.

Funeral services will be held tonight in the back yard.  David keeps reminding me that he had a very happy life with us and that is true.  But I still feel horrible.