I absolutely love this story, Deborah.

I also love the photos. Stormy Cat is very beautiful. I love the look Harpo is giving as he crouches over the food dish, and sweet Home Boy. Sweet old precious.

I love that poem you included.

Yes, as we watch them age, we see the changes and we understand what they are going through. My poor old Gandalf who just passed in September, he was showing definite signs that he was getting older, with the most obvious sign being that he had trouble getting up and down off things, and needed special pet stairs.