Siamese sadness.

What does one say to a person who’s loved their cat… nursed it for years … and finally has to bid it a sad goodbye?

Condolence letters are hard enough to write.

A condolence letter for an animal is even more difficult.

I tried to imagine what it must have felt like for Gloria S. to lose her beloved Siamese…and I wrote from a place

of empathy, although I’ve never experienced having an animal for twenty-one years — or helping it survive multiple

medical challenges.  I hope my letter helps.

One thing I do know:  a well-placed sympathy card can ease the pain, if only that it reminds us that we’re not

alone and someone else is thinking of us kindly as we grieve.