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I still feel partly responsible.

Whether a cat dies, is lost or stolen, or must be placed in a new home, this is the place to gather together to give and receive love and support when you experience the loss of a beloved cat.

  
Oreo

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Purred: Tue Nov 1, '11 6:15pm PST 
During the summer of 2006 after 6th grade, I went to a hospital because I was hearing voices. When I was cured and came back home, I found out that our 1 year old male cat Buzz was killed by a car. I started feeling like it was partly my fault. I felt like if I didn't leave for treatment, I could have stopped it from happening. I felt like I also let my now 11 year old male cat Oreo down. Oreo and Buzz were the best of buddies.

I still feel partly responsible.
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Tink the Cat

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Purred: Wed Nov 2, '11 12:29pm PST 
In my humble opinion, you are not even partly responsible. Things happen. Bad things happen. It was just a bad coincidence, something you could not have foreseen or controlled. As you get older, you'll find that there will be many, many things you could have helped but didn't. In other words, you'll have plenty of things to forgive yourself for that ARE legit, so please don't let this get in your way. big hug
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Alex (sweet- angel girl)

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Purred: Wed Nov 2, '11 2:01pm PST 
How could you have known something would happen? you couldn't! No one can. And you needed to be good to yourself and you did the right thing by going to get treatment. What good would you have been if you were sick and not able to care for even yourself? Please don't blame yourself. We could spend out lives blaming ourselves for everything and what a rotten life that would be. It's too hard as it is. Be kind to yourself and know that it wasn't your fault. hug
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Maizy

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Purred: Thu Nov 3, '11 9:54am PST 
Please don't blame yourself. When I was young, I had a lovely white angora kitten named Tippy. She had 1 blue eye & 1 green eye. I went to the store with my Mom, and when I cam back a few hours later, I was told by a relative that she got out the door chasing a butterfly, and was hit & died. The neighbor buried her right away. I felt so bad just like you, for so long, that I could have done something, but really - things happen that we cannot control. I now like to think that she was in my life for a little while, made me happy, made me love cats, and I think of her now with a smile. That is the best way to honor a cherished pet. hug
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