Red,

Thanks, Davit.

Thomas didn't know he was going to die. He just knew his body didn't work and he looked to me to fix it. I always fixed it and he often needed fixing. So I fixed it again. I saw to it that he was not in pain and fed him what he could eat till he couldn't, then I let him go. He didn't want to die and I didn't want him to. But he went quietly in his sleep in his house on his mat. As it should be. The way I want to go. My friend Monica rescues dogs and cats and spends a lot of money making them comfortable in their last days but when it is time to go they get put down. Quietly and peacefully as possible. Not all animals are this lucky. Lots get put down just because they are not wanted. A lady took her very expensive cat to the vet to be put down because it licked the butter. The vet refused and a friend of my brothers took it. He already had too many cats but said he would find the money some where to feed it. I would do the same. I believe we are responsible. But it is the same as humans, when the quality of life is gone then what do you do. We are there for them, not the other way around. Sometimes you have to do what you don't want to do. It is called responsibility. I look at it as what would I want if it was me. But then I am closer to being a cat than a human. And yes I would not want Chemo if I knew there would still be pain and no hope. But I'm old, what if I was young? Would it make a difference? Too many questions. The one thing we can be sure of from the time we are born is that at some time we will have to make decisions we don't want to. Thank God there is CBT to ease the pain. Because there will be pain.

That's funny Hugs!  I'm glad it turned out to be more of a funny post than TMI (too much information :-)

Hi Shari, 

Fair warning - viewer discretion is advised :-)  I was so looking forward to going ceramic dog treasure hunting today.  I felt like a kid last night in anticipation of Christmas morning.  Well, if you've seen the movie Dumb and Dumber where Jim Carrey puts laxatives in his friend's drink, I was up for two hours last night with the same problem.  I'm fine now, it's all behind me (pardon the pun), but I was too tired to go out and I received bad news via email about my friend Chris's dog. Cricket has cancer and, although I don't judge people, I have a hard time when people let their pets suffer, because they can't let them go.  I've had two other friends who put their pets through chemo and radiation and it's not going to cure them, it just extends their pain and suffering, in my opinion.  So, needless to say, I was bummed about missing out on the day I look forward to every week and I was also worrying about someone else's dog.  Then, I decided not to let circumstances rule my mood and I made a conscious choice to "don't worry, be happy."  So what, I have no energy to go out, so I went ceramic dog treasure hunting online and found some great buys and bought a pack of dogs and they'll arrive next week, so I'll have something to look forward to.  It may not be Christmas today, but it will be next week :-)  I also decided, it was none of my business what Chris does with her dog.  I prayed for them and that's all I could do and I moved on instead of dwelling on it. What you can't change, don't dwell on, and move on.  I'm also going to have to pass on my massage on Monday.  My muscles haven't recovered from the deep tissue massage last week, so I'm going to try every two weeks and see how that works.  I was bummed about that too, but it's Memorial Day weekend in the States and it's crowded with traffic jams everywhere.  So, I'm looking at the situation as a long weekend to relax, enjoy myself and have peace and quiet.  It's all about perception and attitude, not the circumstance which is neither good or bad, it is what it is.  Now, I've been content all day and I'm glad I didn't let "things" ruin my mood.  I control my mood and I don't allow situations to control me.  I have the power and the choice.  I would have missed out on great finds online if I would have been out and about today.  So, relax, enjoy your life, and when it throws you a curve ball, throw it right back and don't take a hit.  Life is too short to get bogged down with challenges.  We can choose to make them little or big.  I know my choice, what about you?  :-)