Yesterday I posted a comment on his diary from Sunday informing the community about the loss of our dear "Bittle" to thank this community. teacherken suggested I post its contents as a separate diary to ensure that more people were able to see it. Here is what I wrote:
Thank you all for this great comfort!
Everyone, I am teacherken's wife, and I thank you all with all my heart for each and every comment, thought, prayer, shared story, and piece of advice in this thread. I am reading and often copying each one of them, and they are an enormous comfort.
Your empathic love and kindness mean more to us than we can say, and help ease our immense sadness. Even as we grieve, we rejoice at having been able to share our lives with such a dear little cat, and (in my case at least) in the belief that she is enfolded in God's love as she will always be in ours. And we are so very grateful for the goodness of this community and the comfort your outpouring of understanding words brings to us. Blessings to you all!