I said yes even though everything inside me wanted to scream no.
But when someone’s dying, you don’t say no. You swallow the pain and pretend you can handle it.
at the same time.
Mom had this adorable cat named Cole. All black, sleek, like he walked out of a painting.
He wasn’t just her cat. He was her shadow and her comfort.
After the diagnosis, Cole changed. No more casual cuddles or lazy afternoons by the window. He became something else.
Fiercely loyal. Always curled on Mom’s chest, right above her heart.
“He thinks he’s my nurse,” she’d say, laughing weakly.
After the diagnosis, Cole changed.
Sometimes I’d walk in and see them together like that, her hand moving so gently across Cole’s back, and I’d have to turn away before she saw my face.
When she died, Cole followed me everywhere. He didn’t meow. Didn’t act like a cat.
He acted like someone who was grieving with me.
He was all I had left… Until he vanished.
When she died, Cole followed me everywhere.
I don’t even know how long he was gone before I noticed.
Time stopped making sense after the funeral.
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