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The goodbye is painful, but the hello to a new kitten is equally sweet.
Personally, I didn’t find this to be true. But I think the lifetime spent before the goodbye was worth all of the pain, as awful as it is. The hello to a new kitten was sweet and helped me think less frequently about the pain, but it wasn’t nearly equal to the pain of losing the old one.
That said, the girl I lost was without a doubt my soul pet. We spent 20 years together and losing her tore a hole in both my heart and soul. And yet I wouldn’t give up a single day I had with her if it would lessen the pain I have felt over the last 7 months since losing her.
I adopted a sweet new kitten about 3 months in and I am so glad I did. She’s wonderful and I think there’s a chance I got lucky and will have two soul pets in my life. But the joy of meeting her and getting to build a new relationship only makes me think less frequently of the pain of my loss, not feel it any less.
In no way did I mean to insinuate that a new adoption dulls the pain. I agree there's always room for more love in life; it's the ultimate renewable resource.
My partner spent twenty years with her soul pet, and I was lucky enough to share fourteen of those years. He was such a part of our lives that five years later we still regularly accidentally call his little nephew, now the patron of the house, by his name.