My Dad has to have his cat put down today. It got a hold of a toad. It's a sweet little kitty and I don't want it to die. I'm making myself scarce for the most part, but am afraid it will be seen as cold and not caring. I am afraid to try to be there for my Dad much, because I am afraid I'll start laughing and that would be even worse than avoiding, I think. He would almost certainly think I actually found something about it funny. There is a lot else going on too. One of my Mama's pets has been hurt and one of mine has a lump that needs to be checked out. We are still being harassed at our pasture. In addition to an injured horse someone had put dirt in the water. My Dad's truck is working again. He had left something on and the battery died. My Mama's vehicle keeps trying to mess up off and on for a few months now. Someone has broken into it multiple times. My lazy butt needs a job because we can't even get enough food to really eat right of a month. I've been managing to get away from family to express my emotions (laugh with the occasional odd tear mixed in) for the most part (though my Mama has seen me a few times but she is more understanding about it). I ended up rambling, but the primary purpose of the post is to get advice on how to respond to my Dad's grief about his cat without making things worse.
