Merlyn was a very special cat. He obviously loved you very much and very well. I believe his spirit will stay around you, if he can...
The problem is, it hurts terribly to have to say goodbye to our animal companions. I've done it several times with dogs and cats, and it is never easy. (Blackie the Cocker spaniel was the last one a couple of years ago, and I still miss him.)
My Mom's dog Floyd was a little like Merlyn -- loyal, tough-minded, smart, kind. He didn't want to leave my Mom, he was trying so hard to stay for her, but clearly it was time for him to go. It nearly devastated my Mom to have to bring him to the vet for that final visit, even though she knew it was the only right decision.
To this day, my Mom thinks about Floyd often, then Clyde the Yorkie (the smartest dog I've ever been around; he was more like a four-year-old human than a dog in some ways and recognized at least 600 words -- a dog genius, I think), and Blackie, and Cuddles, and...
The special ones don't leave you, don't leave your memory. Their bodies may have had it, but the experiences you had with Merlyn (who was an extra-special cat if there ever was one) will never leave you.
I wish this was enough, though I know it's not. You have my sympathy, my prayers, and my hopes that Merlyn will always be with you.
Very sad here as well
The problem is, it hurts terribly to have to say goodbye to our animal companions. I've done it several times with dogs and cats, and it is never easy. (Blackie the Cocker spaniel was the last one a couple of years ago, and I still miss him.)
My Mom's dog Floyd was a little like Merlyn -- loyal, tough-minded, smart, kind. He didn't want to leave my Mom, he was trying so hard to stay for her, but clearly it was time for him to go. It nearly devastated my Mom to have to bring him to the vet for that final visit, even though she knew it was the only right decision.
To this day, my Mom thinks about Floyd often, then Clyde the Yorkie (the smartest dog I've ever been around; he was more like a four-year-old human than a dog in some ways and recognized at least 600 words -- a dog genius, I think), and Blackie, and Cuddles, and...
The special ones don't leave you, don't leave your memory. Their bodies may have had it, but the experiences you had with Merlyn (who was an extra-special cat if there ever was one) will never leave you.
I wish this was enough, though I know it's not. You have my sympathy, my prayers, and my hopes that Merlyn will always be with you.