The hard part is that I feel so guilty when I cry and grieve over Katie because I lost my mother the very next day. My sister was over my apartment and we were looking through photo albums and came across some pictures of Katie. Well I started to cry and my sister said in a round about way that I should cry about mom and not about "some dog". Needless to say Jim IMMEDIATELY came to my defense in a polite way before I even had a chance to open my mouth lol
But now I really do feel bad when I cry over Katie. I know you all can understand what I'm feeling because we don't view our dogs are "dogs" or "pets" -- we view them as children and family members. So when I cry for my little Katie, I'm crying because I lost a child (not a "pet"). I guess people like my sister, who aren't animal lovers, will never understand how I feel.