Posted by jkm822 at michigan.mgmt.rpi.edu on June 12, 2003 at 08:58:10:
In Reply to: In honor of a dear friend. I'll miss you. posted by Bob301 on June 12, 2003 at 04:28:25:
That was sincere, despite the inferred Clinton reference.
I lost my cat of 16 years to cancer last year. It was devastating.
But we just have to remember all the happy times, and know that as long as we still remember them, and still tell all the funny stories about the things they did, and so on... well, then they're never really gone.
I'm no strong believer in religion, which makes my grip on the afterlife shaky at best. But I've always liked to believe that my cat will be there waiting for me when I get there, drooling like mad and doing his best to trip me every five minutes. And in the afterlife, I won't be allergic to him anymore, and can give him the big cuddle he deserves. Same goes for your turtle (except I assume you weren't allergic to him).