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Faithful Friends was created to Celebrate and share the love and joys of life with pets, AND to be a safe place when you are anticipating, preparing for, or experiencing the death of a beloved pet. I am straddling the phases of anticipation and preparation. It’s devastating and grueling each day as I see my darling, sweet, beautiful old girl decline. She is now both deaf and blind – for those of you who have been members of our caring community for awhile, you know her high blood pressure caused sudden blindness early this year and that. with medicine to treat that, she regained her vision. But…a few months ago she lost her hearing, and this week she went blind again. The doctor took her blood pressure 8 times today and it’s normal, so her little body (soon to be 18) is failing. Her kidney disease is advancing, and everything is just falling apart. Those tears I know come from deep within, from a cellular level of love, come on me every day most unexpectedly. It’s a form or “pre-mourning”, which helps prepare us for the actual parting. But it sure hurts. I don’t mean to make this about me. She is navigating the house nicely, eating with gusto, spending hours in my lap sharing pets, purrs and love, so unless or until she is not comfortable, I will enjoy, cherish and treasure the love and time she shares with me. I don’t want to impose on anyone but that’s why we have this community. It’s not a burden, it’s a sharing, Thank you to everyone who has, is, or will experience the deeply powerful feelings of parting from a most beloved faithful friend, and allowing us to share your journeys, joys and sorrow. It’s true – We are here for you.