there's a line from Hamlet that I think applies to kitties too:
there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come, if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. Since no man knows aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes?
and as far as the guilt goes, you've been patient and loyal to him for...14 years is it? you don't need to distrust your own feelings or motives for putting him down when the vet says it's time. you might be relieved when it's done, but that doesn't mean you caused it or were somehow disloyal or unkind.
on a slightly other hand, I'm sorry you (and jester) are having to go through that. it's a very sad experience.
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Date: 2005-11-03 08:41 am (UTC)there's a line from Hamlet that I think applies to kitties too:
there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come, if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. Since no man knows aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes?
and as far as the guilt goes, you've been patient and loyal to him for...14 years is it?
you don't need to distrust your own feelings or motives for putting him down when the vet says it's time. you might be relieved when it's done, but that doesn't mean you caused it or were somehow disloyal or unkind.
on a slightly other hand, I'm sorry you (and jester) are having to go through that. it's a very sad experience.