tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post1500278189012365545..comments2024-03-15T22:00:36.095-07:00Comments on Dr. Kathy McCoy: Living Fully in Midlife and Beyond: A Gentle End for a Lovely CatDr. Kathy McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02903015507894951725noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post-59687577605694445422014-06-24T05:48:29.346-07:002014-06-24T05:48:29.346-07:00After our email correspondence in which you shared...After our email correspondence in which you shared that Gus had passed, I looked for this post. Forgive me for not commenting sooner, but the first time I read it, I just couldn't -- I felt your broken heart across the miles in reading this elegant and eloquent tribute to one of the highest order through tears, thinking of (and remembering) the pain that erupts when a sweet orange boy who does nothing so great as loving unconditionally offers a last gift of love. And you know. You know then and there that you have the same opportunity to give an equally important and final gift of love in return. Your words are beautiful; the emotion and love behind them all the more so. Your story (as we mentioned off-blog) is so similar to that of Gypsy's farewell. Yes, he waited. I think they do when they can. Up to the heavyside layer, as T.S. Eliot and Andrew Lloyd Webber would have us believe. And I do. Sending many hugs and love.Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post-87514817334938566812014-06-23T16:28:14.403-07:002014-06-23T16:28:14.403-07:00Kathy, I am so sorry for your loss. Pets do have ...Kathy, I am so sorry for your loss. Pets do have a special place in our lives and add so much. I hope you find peace in knowing he had a long and good life.#1Nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214011945298439939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post-52063161865439264252014-06-22T17:01:39.716-07:002014-06-22T17:01:39.716-07:00Our dear pets are so hard to lose. I'm so sor...Our dear pets are so hard to lose. I'm so sorry to read this. I'm sure you will really miss this wonderful part of your family. Sally Wesselyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470453773515491625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post-37114747704773697462014-06-19T14:14:29.412-07:002014-06-19T14:14:29.412-07:00Crying my heart out--just reading your words... Yo...Crying my heart out--just reading your words... You put your deepest feelings into fantastic words--and I can truly FEEL your love and pain for Gus... God Bless You and your hubby....<br /><br />Gus obviously knew that he was LOVED --and he made it 'til you came from from your trip... My brother (who died from Cancer in 1985) stayed alive 'til I got there to see him and say goodbye. He died that night..... <br /><br />Hugs and Prayers,<br />BetsyBetsy Banks Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16223591156634767330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post-85273435622350926032014-06-19T12:20:33.984-07:002014-06-19T12:20:33.984-07:00Aww Kathy, I am so very sorry that you have lost s...Aww Kathy, I am so very sorry that you have lost such a wonderful fellow. He waited for you to return and wanted his last night to be with you. You were both lucky to have had so many years together. I think Bob is right. Dogs and cats are of the highest order. They are the masters of unconditional love and complete forgiveness. Something we humans constantly fall short of. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post-62281802091903240412014-06-19T11:00:04.455-07:002014-06-19T11:00:04.455-07:00Ah you made me cry.. My 18 year old went through t...Ah you made me cry.. My 18 year old went through the same thing. Ate well but the weight just kept coming off. The fur looked like he came from a living a hard life outside somewhere. I guess we all grow old and animals go through the same ordeals people do. I still remember the first day we got Tatty. He was so small and so ugly but my son chose him and he became such a great hero guy in our home. Had a great life. This is what you have to always remember him by. This is why they come into our lives.xoxoxA Lady's Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973102350411443282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post-85871286399052006142014-06-18T22:07:32.745-07:002014-06-18T22:07:32.745-07:00Kathy, I am so sorry for your loss. I have been wi...Kathy, I am so sorry for your loss. I have been with two of our cats so far, as they received that needle. It is heartbreaking. Yet it was a release for them both, as it was for your Gus also. Helping our pets pass out of this life is the last thing we can do for them. Wishing you peace.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post-73623678544071426262014-06-18T19:22:56.263-07:002014-06-18T19:22:56.263-07:00I believe my sweet Muffin met Gus at the rainbow b...I believe my sweet Muffin met Gus at the rainbow bridge.<br /><br />Thinking of you.<br />Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.com