Do You Ever Find Yourself Reminiscing About Pets That Are No Longer Around?

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This came about when I wrote an article about Thebes, a very special cat that was almost human-like in her behaviour. She understood what we told her and not every cat can do this. There was an awful lot of eye contact as well. Thebes lived until she was 19. The night before she died was spent in my bed, led next to me until it was time for me to go to work. This was unusual because she hadn't spent the night upstairs for ages, and even navigating the stairs (which weren't carpeted then) took a monumental effort on her part as she was so frail. A few hours before me and Mum had been discussing "the Needle Man" and the fact that Thebes should be able to go "with dignity" and not subjected to a trip to the vets. He should come to her to the house she loved so much. All that never happened though, as Thebes died whilst I was at work. "No way was the Needle Man coming to finish me off, I'll do that all by myself thank you!" Her ashes reside in a lovely, carved wooden box on top of one of my speakers at Mum's house! She is the only cat to be "brought home" so to speak. I don't know why but it felt right to do this. Anyway, all my cats are special, whether alive or dead and I hope to be re-united with the latter on the Rainbow Bridge! How about you? Did you once own a cat or a dog that you find yourself thinking about practically every day, even though the animal in question may have been deceased for quite some time? Yes, they are ONLY cats (or dogs, or whatever) but they are OURS and people who cannot understand how attached we become to them - obviously, have never owned a pet. Only then would they understand. Thebes died in 2003.