Hi Sorcha

I'm glad your pets came to say goodbye. In this thread, Departed pets , I told about my lovely cat Dellie who died last year.

A few months ago, our other cat, Baxter, died. He was a cranky old grey and white moggie who we loved, he had been staggering around on three legs for the last 15 years and ran our household. My ex, Don, lives next door and had been minding Baxter during the week while i've been working interstate. We knew the time was coming, he rang me and said Baxter was on the way out, and that he felt the right thing to do was to have him put down. I asked him to just wait 3 days til the weekend when i could get home, so I could say goodbye, because I never got a chance to say goodbye to Dellie.

Don explained that Baxter was in too much pain, and I realised it had to be done. That evening, Baxter was put down, and strangely, that evening, I had a dream that Dellie came to say goodbye. She came and "visited" me, climbing on my shoulder and just being with me for a moment, before she left.

That was a dream, but I don't doubt that your experience was real, Sorcha, because I have had a similar visitation from a close friend, a few hours after she died.

x freda