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Backseat Driver

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9. So sorry, Siwsan - I can relate re taking care of feral kitties.

Fri Sep 15, 2023, 11:51 AM

Sep 2023

I sort of watch over a few domestic ducks that live 24/7 free-range on the suburban apartment complex's retention pond. (People who suck dumped them a few generations back). They don't fly; can't migrate and have given us much joy! I miss the ones we've lost to one thing or another: Human and animal preditors (run over; tangled in fishing lines and/or attacked and mortally wounded; illness.) The baby ducklings don't tend to last too long but they do learn and have good intuition about dangers. Well, circle of life and all that. Hope you can cope with the grief and regain your joy!

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Today's therapy session left me exhausted and so very sad. [View all] Siwsan Sep 2023 OP

Sound a lot like me. multigraincracker Sep 2023 #1

I am always better when I have things to keep me busy during such times. ms liberty Sep 2023 #2

Hugs. onecaliberal Sep 2023 #3

It is such a hard job. MuseRider Sep 2023 #6

I'm sorry about the kitten nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2023 #4

Truth is though, without you Tudor and Lush would have had no care, no ally CousinIT Sep 2023 #5

So well-stated, Cousin. blm Sep 2023 #7

Heartbreak of an angel. That is a sweet way to describe grief. 1WorldHope Sep 2023 #10

I know the feeling of helplessness watching a tiny kitten die. Dale in Laurel MD Sep 2023 #8

So sorry, Siwsan - I can relate re taking care of feral kitties. Backseat Driver Sep 2023 #9

I know this too well. I had 2 fosters and one was not doing so well. She had lost some weight Maraya1969 Sep 2023 #11

I feel for you, Siwsan Bayard Sep 2023 #12

Hope you are feeling better today MacKasey Sep 2023 #13

I'm getting lots and lots of fur baby purr therapy Siwsan Sep 2023 #14