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What Blackie the Cat Taught Me About Love, Death, and Grief

What Blackie the Cat Taught Me About Love, Death, and Grief

Our nineteen year-old cat, Mr. Blackie, died last week. He showed up on our porch one winter morning, and he’d clearly been living on the road for a while, He’d been in fights, he was skinny, and his coat was dull. Immediately apparent was his sweetness of spirit, which shone through all of that. The […]