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Wow...this morning was UNREAL
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<blockquote data-quote="ScentofCedar" data-source="post: 254486" data-attributes="member: 3353"><p>Star, that was beautiful. I was going to post something similar. If we can make sense of the horrible things that happen to us, we can take some comfort, there. Nomad, I don't know your daughter well enough to say whether she would be comforted by the following line of reasoning, but here goes. If we can believe that this very special cat came to difficult child specifically to teach her the things she has come to know through loving and even, through losing it as she did, then there is great purpose in what has happened.</p><p></p><p>What has your daughter learned through her time with her cat?</p><p></p><p>She has learned trust, and taken joy in loving and in being loved. That's big stuff. She lost the cat in a most horrible way ~ horrible. </p><p></p><p>But maybe, for reasons we will never know, she needed to learn just what she will learn from having lost the thing she loved in this horrible way.</p><p></p><p>Finally Nomad, the depth of our grief is a measure of the depth of our cherishing. If you can help your daughter to remember the love she felt for her cat right along with the grief she will feel now, I think that will help just a little.</p><p></p><p>I'm so sorry this happened, Nomad.</p><p></p><p>It is so very strange that you have all these cats coming into your life just now though, isn't it?</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScentofCedar, post: 254486, member: 3353"] Star, that was beautiful. I was going to post something similar. If we can make sense of the horrible things that happen to us, we can take some comfort, there. Nomad, I don't know your daughter well enough to say whether she would be comforted by the following line of reasoning, but here goes. If we can believe that this very special cat came to difficult child specifically to teach her the things she has come to know through loving and even, through losing it as she did, then there is great purpose in what has happened. What has your daughter learned through her time with her cat? She has learned trust, and taken joy in loving and in being loved. That's big stuff. She lost the cat in a most horrible way ~ horrible. But maybe, for reasons we will never know, she needed to learn just what she will learn from having lost the thing she loved in this horrible way. Finally Nomad, the depth of our grief is a measure of the depth of our cherishing. If you can help your daughter to remember the love she felt for her cat right along with the grief she will feel now, I think that will help just a little. I'm so sorry this happened, Nomad. It is so very strange that you have all these cats coming into your life just now though, isn't it? Barbara [/QUOTE]
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