Readjustment of reactions

[xiphias]

One of the hardest parts about Boopsie's death is that so many of my reactions and habits are based around that cat.

"Oh, I shouldn't put this here or Boopsie will . . .no, she won't."

"If I do this, the cat could . . . no, she couldn't."

I'm cleaning up the floor where she messed when she lost bowel control, and using bleach. And I keep thinking how I really better keep that door closed so the cat doesn't have to deal with the bleach. . .

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[thnidu.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you've lost a parent or someone else really close to you. After my father died, I kept seeing him on the street or in a crowd... oops, no, can't be, that's someone else. Similarly with my uncle.

It doesn't necessarily change with age -- my father died 1968, my uncle 2001 -- but it does abate with time.