Awwwww. I can relate with the people lost. Like I said, it always hits you and makes you think when things happen. About how short life is... Really, I dunno what exactly brought on the blog, but I typed the whole thing on my iPhone in the middle of the night... But it does make you think.

Cats are really smart, and I'm positive thats what happened with the brother cat. Angel is outdoors, and she always used to sleep in the closed in garage... Now that we took her to the vet, its like she knows that she is about to die. She's only been coming around to get food. At night, she is no where to be found... Like she wants to be outdoors, maybe meet up with other cats, say her goodbyes? I have no idea where she goes, but I have a feeling she knows her time is coming, and she is saying goodbye somehow. I know that animals usually drag themselves off to die, but I don't think thats what she doing.... *shrug* I guess we all have a process that we go through when the end is near... Try to make peace with ourselves. Say our last goodbyes. Yet for all the people we know that were taken early in their lives, they didn't get that... Death is such a mystery for us. And like Kubler-Ross talked about in her writings, when we have advanced notice to our death, such as when someone finds out they have terminal cancer, they go through the same process as everyone else. As do the people on the other side, like the family. Death is such a curious thing....

I guess in the end, we can only hope that, no matter what you believe in, that loved ones have met a better ending. That those taken early will get to have a greater life beyond this one, may it be as an animal, someone else, an angel, whatever you believe. Since we can't stop death, the most we can hope for is some sort of closure and betterment.

P.S. I would like to believe that our beloved pets go to a better place too... maybe not Heaven, persay, but a place of happiness after death. Where the grass is always green, ample food, and beautiful warm days are ahead.