R.I.P. Sheba the cat

"No heaven will not ever Heaven be, unless my cats are there to welcome me." ~Anonymous
"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans." ~ James Herriot
"If I have any beliefs about immortality it is that certain dogs I know will go to heaven, and very few people." ~ James Thurber

After a 16 years of life and a painful last few days, Sheba has passed to the otherside.
i did not know her long relatively speaking only a handful of years. Pet has known Sheba since she was a kitten and this is effecting her the hardest i think.
i just don't know what to say.
what can I say...really?
sure there are platitude and condolences but in the end it means nothing.
Sheba is gone.
perhaps i am cold for thinking this way ... but it was time for her to go. she was mostly blind and a lot scatterbrained near the end.
she had stopped eating all together about two days ago. that when i was sure. it was time
i am glad that she went peacefully and that she did not require my help. I'm not sure i would have been strong enough . I know Pet would not have been.
as it stands i shall call C.J. tomorrow and see about getting a ride so we can bury her somewhere nice.
probably under the oleander bush in my parents backyard