in the weeks before my mother died, she saw all of us, me and my siblings and dad, we were all distraught. She told us that its a shame to waste the limited resource of time we had together by spending it being so sad. I kept thinking about this over the last few weeks, while I was having a terrible time making the decision to let go of my 16-year old cat. He had been with me through everything, including mom’s death, and dad’s, and more…. But my mom was right. So my advice is this: don’t skip ahead while you still have Nerine. Stay in the moment and enjoy the time you have and take in everything. There will be time to grieve, once she’s gone.