We lost our dear kitty girl, Linden, late Thursday night. It was a shock - she hadn’t been sick or acting strangely.

We miss her terribly and it’s been a few days of lots of tears.

I tried to do a strength workout today as I hadn’t worked out in a few days and thought it would be good for me to start finding my way back into some of my routines.

My body literally didn’t have the strength for it. I ended up doing it just with body weight. I felt too wobbly to manage my dumbbells.

I don’t feel bad about a less than stellar workout, but it really struck me what a physical blow grief can deliver.

I’m grateful for the precious little life that graced us. I wish she could’ve stayed longer. I know my strength will return, so I’m not worried about that. I guess I just wanted to share this and say that life is hard sometimes and we have to give ourselves time to heal. I hope if you out there in FB land are hurting too, you will be kind to yourself.