We were woken up this morning at just before 8:00 by a phone call from Josh's cousin, Shannon. She said something terrible had happened at Kandice and Josh's house. My head spun. My heart raced. I couldn't imagine what could have happened, but imagined the worse things.
She told me that Josh had found their adorably sweet cat, Sammy, dead. I was just at Kandice's house last night and Sammy came into the kitchen to say hello, as he always did. He was fine one minute and gone the next. Josh didn't know what to do. He was so upset, so sad and very worried about what to tell Kandice and how she would handle it when she came home from work on her break.
We hurried and got showered and ran down there to help them. We grabbed a box and a blanket as Josh didn't think he could bear to pick him up and move him. We are all so lucky to have Glen as he is the only one strong enough emotionally to pick up our animals when they die and place them lovingly in a box.
Sammy holds a special place in our hearts because he was our baby before Kandice and Josh took him home. We had his momma for 10 years. She was an adorable Himalayan named Jasmine. She was my favorite cat. She had beautiful litters of kittens and loved nothing more in the world than being a momma. She had a little red stuffed kitten out of a Happy Meal that she carried around with her and loved like a real baby. We were so excited when Kandice and Josh decided to adopt one of her kittens so we could watch him grow up. He was beautiful and I loved to see him when I went to Kandice's house.
We stayed with them for a while, comforted Kandice as she said her "good-byes" and made sure they were okay and then headed home.
It has stayed on my mind all day today. I feel so bad for the two of them. Kandice had seen hm up and playing at 4:30 this morning and then three hours later Josh found him dead. He died healthy and suddenly just like his mother did. She died in her sleep with no warning. They weren't sick or hurt. I guess that's the way to go but it sure is sad for those of us they leave behind.
Love you Kandice and Josh.
1 comment:
Thank you so much for coming down today, it really means so much to us. It's nice to have someone there who can share in your sorrow and who can understand the loss of a pet. I've got the best dad ever to be so strong and put our beloved pets in a nice box after they have died. We sure have got a lot of guardian angels up there waiting to see us.
Love you guys.
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