Pet Bereavement

*big hugs to you*   I am in a similar situation.  I adopted my cat Bella just 2 weeks after I had to put my precious Missy to sleep.  Bella picked me when I went to the animal shelter.  I feel bad because I am not home with her hardly at all, and I sometimes wonder if she would be better off at the shelter, but when I enter my apartment and I see her, I can tell how happy she is to be there.  She loves the apartment, and she loves hanging out with me when I am there. 

She is NOT my Missy girl, and she never will be.  That is still taking time to sink in.  Bella does things that Missy would never have done, and it irritates me so much that I have yelled at Bella more than once.  I always feel guilty afterwards, and I have to remind myself that she is not Missy. 

I have thought about returning Bella to the shelter, but I know that I never will.  She is a sweetheart, and she loves me.  She is not Missy, but I know that she was put in my life for a reason.  I know that Missy is watching over me and is with me each and every day, and that comforts me. 

 

    

 

 

 

     

 

Blueeyedblonde - Yes, your Bella was put with you for a reason. I have a cat named Grizabella that I call Bella for short :)

Good luck to you tomorrow on your Missy's 1st Wing Day. I wish I had some encouraging words to get you through, but I don't. This is all a very new and still very painful process for me. Thanks for your kind words.

Always,