"I'd had to do this five years earlier with her sister, so I wasn't in unfamiliar territory. Cats are tricky because they can hide illnesses for so long, often until it's too late to do anything."
"When I pause to think about that, I'm grateful she lived such a long, full life and often wondered how she did it—especially since she came from the same litter as her sister, yet outlived her by five years."
"As I mourn Paku's passing, I'm also coming to look at her life as a lesson not only in longevity in general but in how to have a long, fulfilling career."
"Paku was a domestic shorthair cat, and their average life span is 13 to 17 years when kept indoors, which she was. The fact that she lived until 20 is akin to a human living until nearly 100."
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