It was two years ago yesterday that we lost our sweet Maddie.

A year ago today, my sweet Maddie left us.

Sad.

Her last photo:

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At this time last year, my sweet Maddie was dying. A year ago today was the day she came home from the vet, for what I hoped would be at least a couple months, but ended up to be just one week. It was worth getting her better as we had an awesome final week together.

Reflecting this week.

The day went by without my acknowledging it, at least formally. She was thought about a lot, though as she is most days, but yesterday more than usual.

Three years ago yesterday, a scrawny, severely underweight cat came to stay with us, full of mats and burs and sticks and everything else. Harold named her Maddie - full of mats.

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I've been searching the quote "price of love" since reading a short story with this title in a book on the weekend ( Read more... )

Picked up Maddie's ashes today. Left a nice card for the vets and the clinic staff. They put Maddie's picture in one of their multi-frames on the wall. I managed not to cry in the vet clinic, though shed many tears at home.

Her urn looks just like Pekoe's, but with a different ribbon. Now I have three cats ashes on my shelf.

This weekend started horribly... By the time we were ready to leave for the cottage, I didn't want to go and felt really horrible and in a complete bad mood. The trip to the cottage without my Maddie was harder than I imagined it would be (and I did think it would be hard). I cried a lot Friday night as we were going to bed, and a lot more on ( Read more... )

We are heading up to the cottage tonight. I have been looking forward to it... kind of. Every time I feel happy about going to the cottage, I think of Maddie, and how we would not be going if she were still alive. I would much rather be with my Moodle ( Read more... )

Maddie

A couple of pics of Maddie during her last week.


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Appointment for 11am...

She's improved slightly within the last hour and a half or so, enough at least that I can wait for the 11am appointment instead of taking her elsewhere for her final vet appointment.