It’s been a while…

…and I wish that I had something better to write about. Since my last entry on this blog, so many things have been happening in the world and in all of our lives, but the only thing occupying my thoughts at the moment is a cat. An intelligent, funny, self-possessed, elegant, agile and beautiful tabby cat called Sesame. A cat who has spent the last few weeks not being himself, becoming quieter and quieter, more and more anxious, weaker and weaker. A cat who was suffering from a nasty case of Feline Leukaemia Virus that we had hoped he would fight off, but which ultimately quelled even his indomitable little spirit.

Yesterday morning, we made one of the most painful decisions of our lives and called the vet. Towards the end of the day, we took the poor little guy down there and said our final goodbyes. It’s currently heading towards five in the morning and, but for a couple of hours between midnight and two-ish, I haven’t been able to sleep tonight. Not too surprising really. This house is a very sad place at the moment.

I’ll be back and trying to bring the old life story (or, at least, blog story) up to date sometime over the next few days. But for now I just wanted to say a public goodbye to one of the most wonderful little creatures that ever graced anyone’s life – our very own stripey-cat, Sesame. He was truly loved and will be sorely missed.

Dylan Thomas famously wrote “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” But, sometimes, being allowed to go gently is the only kind of peace that you can get. He can rest easy and I’ll take care of the raging for him.

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