Comments | arcticturtle: Kumba, 1996-2009

arcticturtle

Kumba, 1996-2009

Dec 22, 2009 10:32

I buried my cat Kumba in the woods behind our house on Sunday. There are lots of cats in and around our house, but she alone has always been My Cat. She died Saturday afternoon of a lung tumor we'd known nothing about; Friday morning she seemed just sick enough to merit scheduling a Saturday checkup.

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celticmoni December 22 2009, 17:02:45 UTC

I'm sorry for your loss. Kumba sounds a lot like my Sebastian, whom I had to put down two years ago. Losing a loved one, human or no, is *always* hard...

dr_tectonic December 22 2009, 18:06:59 UTC

My condolences. :(

ocschwar December 22 2009, 18:10:17 UTC

My sympathies, dude.

fairyhead December 22 2009, 20:35:39 UTC

I'm so sorry for your loss. Great poem, though. Petrov, My Little Buddy, has a great purr, too. I keep trying to record his purr, knowing that would be a great thing to listen to on a bad day, but have had no luck thus far. I'll be thinking good thoughts for you.

dpolicar December 22 2009, 20:53:36 UTC

I'm sorry. We all know it's coming when we bring an animal into our lives, but that never makes it any easier.