Animal Memories: Maxine ("Blackie") & Broken Arrow

We lost 2 more animals this year - one to age and one roadkill. I hesitate to write of only our losses here - because so much of our farm life is about life.

However, there comes along tragedies and the natural passing of time.

Aging, while a fact of life is never easy for anyone. To resign oneself to the end of life is our greatest loss of all because we only get one time around. There may be a spiritual life but it is not the same as what we experience now.

That being said, the animals and loved ones we lose to aging is much easier to accept than the tragic and unexpected deaths. This dog and this cat are one of each - one sudden, the other aged.

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