How to tell daughter her cat got run over

Ya know, I do think losing pets (MUCH better when it happens at a ripe old age..for the pet!) is kind of good for kids, in a really sad way.

In our culture we tend to be so unnaturally isolated from death, and so phobic about it, I think it helps to be in touch with reality.

I, and my friends, had so many animals as a kid that funerals (always enormously dramatic events!) were very common.

That being said, the pain really sucks...and poor little bumwarmer should have lived a long life.




I think the revenge thing IS natural.

Sadly, some folk never grow out of it. Not that I think Duckie won't. He has you.

I've done this, writing loving notes on scraps of paper, then burning them, for both passed-on pets and people. It's always really helped me.

FreeDuck, I can't imagine you handling this situation any better. You did a great job!

Aw! I am sorry to hear about your kitty and you families pain. I just got caught up on all the happenings. My condolences.

I don't think you could have done any better than you did with the kids. I remember many a pet funeral and none of them were easy.

Yes, I am a daughter myself and now, I'm crying as i write. My kitty got ran over TODAY yes, November 18 and my mom didn't want me to know but my dad told me. :


He said Maxie which is his name got ran over near my friends street and he saw it as he was coming home from work. It was in the mornig and I was gonna be late for school but I wasn't. He had put Maxie by a pole and covered him with a blanket and when he brought me there, he covered his head cause he got ran over on his head and it was just TERRIBLE. I cried almost all day and everytime I thought or heard about it, I'd start crying. I didn't do a lot to help though. He went missing like a week ago or so and I didn't put up LOST signs until yesterday. How foolish of me. I love my Maxie forever. After all, he's my first cat and first pet and was only one and a half years old.

R.I.P and R.I.H. BTW, RIH means rest in heaven. I love him.