My best friend is fading away.

[Abolishinist]

9. I'm not sure this will help,

but I've been through a number of pets passing on, and it always got to me emotionally, and in a bad way.

It seems like yesterday, but as I count the years it's been more like seven, when we had to put another of our beloved cats down. Our vet came to our house around 2pm to put her out of her misery (she was blind and lost her hearing) and I told myself, SELF, you are so blessed. This is a time of joy, you were blessed with almost 20 years of knowing her, think of how fortunate you were to have had her in your life for all of these years. She is passing on, but your happy memories of her will stay with you forever.

And you know what? It worked.