Sorry for the issues you're having with Lucky. To me our pets are family and need to be treated as such. I understand the pain of losing them too. My 'most recent' loss was 2 yrs ago. My baby was only 3 yrs old. I came home from work and he was gone. My husband left to pick me up and the 1 time he didn't bring the dogs with him, we came to find one dead :( I've lost several animals over the years for various reasons, this is one of the few that truly affected me, not that the others didn't.

I agree too that having family time is very important. It helps us all in so many different ways. I have tried to teach my kids that it's about spending time with each other, interacting is more important that things. That is what makes memories and that's what we need to get us through the hard times.

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