Saying Good-bye to Samantha, the Cat

We knew my mom’s cat was not doing well.  We sought medical intervention. A few short days after my last post, we had to say good-bye to a sweet kitty who had meant so much to my mom and the family.  My sister and I went with mom to the vet and Samantha went to her final rest. 

Special thanks to Margaret Chobanian for taking this photograph.

Once back home, I shrouded her in a small blanket.  One of dad’s roses had bloomed a Fall rose.  I cut that and placed it with her.  My sister, my younger son and I dug the grave.  We solemnly gathered together as a family, placed her in the grave and made our last good-byes. 

Later, I came back to the grave and covered the grave with bark and readjusted the stone.  It is so hard to let our little animal companions go, but sometimes we must.