Ah, the sadness.

three stories, but I'll try to make them quick:

One of our cats was struck by a car and killed on the very quiet street we lived on. I was extremely touched to find that someone had pulled him off the main part of the road and placed a garbage bag over him, held down by small rocks. Considering we were not home I found this very touching.

One day driving to work I saw that a small cat had been struck and killed. I pulled over, saw it appeared that the people in the houses had all gone to work already, so I played it forward - found a small towel in the back of my car, and gently covered the poor body. On the way home I noticed that someone had moved it.

The saddest one: I was not at the wheel, but able to look out the window and see clearly along a fast section of highway one dog had been struck and killed. Worst of all, his buddy dog appeared to be trying to get him up to play. That one haunts me as I wish that I had done something - anything. I don't even recall what was so important that we could not stop for 5 minutes, but I am sure we had a place to be in a hurry and it was a highway trip.....*sigh*. It's an if-only that I'd like to be able to change.

Give your own pets extra hugs tonight. It was very kind of you, and the others to stop like you did!

Hugs and peaceful butterflies,
~T~