My dearest Kissy,

Tomorrow will be one week since you passed. In all 28 years we were together, we were never apart a full 24 hrs. I am devastated. This separation is too painful. I don't know how to begin the day, how to end the day because it always began and ended with being with you. Not having a place set at the table for you causes an emptiness I cannot describe.

I always always feared losing you. But I could never imagine this. My world has gone dark. Now I too perfectly understand the inscription I saw at the pet cemetery. It best expresses your presence in my life: "He was not the sunrise. He was not the sunset. He was the sun."

I would relive every painful moment in my life to relive those 28 years we had together. Till we meet again, play with the angels. Be blessed by St. Francis and St. Therese. I ADORE YOU, LITTLE BIRD!

Love,

Cathy - Big Bird