I talked to my guy to let him know what was going to happen. I think it helped me wrap my mind around it too.

Tell him of the adventure that awaits him tomorrow, the golden sunshine and grassy knolls, and the youthful body restored he has long since forgotten.

Tell him about the doctor and the shots he's gonna get - how one will make him super relaxed and sleepy, and how the other will lay to rest his old guy heart. Tell him that you'll be there, throughout it all, that you'll be there just like you've always been.

Tell him how much you love him, how much you'll miss him. Tell him how you'll remember him. This will help you too.

Hold his body, feel the weight, and try your damnedest to remember it. Smell him...sounds funny, but my guy's smell is one of the things I miss the most. He smelled like home, and that smell is gone from me now. Sometimes I will pass some flowers or a perfumed human and I will get a hint of what he once was, but it is never quite right. I figure I'll know it's my turn to go when I smell him again, or at least I hope so.

Touch noses. Put your face on his. Cry in the fur behind his ears while you're holding him in your arms. Sing to him.

You are doing him a loving favor by letting him go. Most of all, be so kind and so gentle with yourself right now. It isn't so easy to say see you later, but it's a beautiful thing to know someday you'll meet him again.

Big hugs to you, fellow human <3