My Mia

It is with a heavy, heavy heart that I write this post. After a lot of deliberation, I've decided that it's time that I part ways with my cat Mia. She's had issues with her bladder ever since we got her and this morning I've finally reached my breaking point. My parents got her for me from Open Door Animal Sanctuary and they have a policy that states that if if something doesn't work out wtih the pet you adopt, you can't just give her away or put her down, you have to bring her back to ODAS. So I have an appointment to bring her in tomorrow.

As I'm writing this she's sitting on my stomach and purring as if she knows that something is wrong - she is trying to fix it the only way she knows how. By loving me.

I've never had to make a decision this difficult.

I've had my heart broken before - but this almost seems worse. There's no way I can communicate to her that I don't want to give her up. There's no way I can tell her how much I will always love her and how much she has meant to me for the past 3 years.

To my friends who are reading this, you all know what a big part of my life this little girl has been. I'm gonna need some extra support these next few weeks.

Mia, thanks for always being better than a space heater. Thanks for providing me with more smiles and laughs than I can count or can stomach to remember right now. Thanks for kissing my nose when I brought my face down near yours. Thanks for making adorable noises in the morning when you're hungry. And for a million other things I am leaving out right now... thank you. I will love you every day, forever.