My cat Opus passed away on Good Friday. I like to believe that is a good omen. He was 16 years old and it was unexpected. I am feeling really down about it but I am not going to use this as an excuse to eat!

He was fine all day. My youngest came home for a weekend visit and 10 minutes after he walked in the door the cat became very ill. We took him to the ER and they said he was throwing clots and needed to be put down. I am glad that we didn't have to make a tough choice. It was obvious that we needed to do the right thing for him.

I will miss him terribly.