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JMCKUSICK

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8. Hi MIButterfly,

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 05:20 PM

Mar 5

I'm sorry the news isn't better.

The moments, days, weeks, months and years you have shared if it were an retirement account would be flush with amazing returns on your investment.

You have each blessed the other in so many countless ways, it's impossible to track. Martini is so very likely to be perfectly happy with how her life has been lived, who she shared it with and withe her own treasure chest of memories.

As I cry for your difficult situation, and have Shadow laying tight next to me being a amazing gift to all of us here in my house, I know that I too will bear this burden with Petunia, Cuddles and Shadow.

The joy and memories that are promised me from having them is something I would never trade away to avoid the pain of losing them.

I talk to Petunia almost every day to say thank you for fifteen years of treasured moments, because I know her time will come too. I'm prepared in that my heart is so full, that I know that this life, with this pain, is priceless to my soul.

May your journey have many miles left, and may your touch and words be a comfort to Martini, just as every moment with her is nourishment for your soul.

God Speed and forgive me for rambling.

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