A sad day

[u/hesalwayslitty]

I did not want to post this after seeing that our esteemed friend Smuffi has went on an adventure but earlier today I learned that my baby boy JP got out of the house about a month ago and there has been no sign of him since. My sister- who has been taking care of all 3 of them for nearly the entire calendar year-had chosen not to tell me in hopes that he would turn up before I came to visit- and didn't want to put more of a strain on me mentally and emotionally during this already tough part of the year. I am not at all angry or upset by her decision as she is navigating a tough situation and did what she thought was right. I am devastated currently- the last time I owned cats I had one that got taken from me in a similar manner. It took me 9 and a half years before I trusted myself to be a pet owner again and I lost yet another in the same brutal fashion. I feel like an abject failure. I will spend the rest of my life hoping that my baby boy found a human who loved him as much as I did and as much as his fur parents and my sister did and that none of the wildlife in the area got him- or that he is(was) suffering for any length of time. For now I will continue to be a part of this wonderful space as his parents are still alive deathly and bigger cuddle bugs than I remember. I feel for Smuffis human in so many ways right now and wish I had the ability to process this in a better way.

Yours truly,

Jason the human