re: #143 CuriousLurker

This. Everyone at the veterinary clinic I went to was very kind (they even followed up with a card a few weeks later), but when asked if I wanted her ashes I said, “No. The part that made her Layla is gone now—whatever is left is just a shell.”

I have many, many photos of Layla, but I can’t bear to look at them unless I prepare myself beforehand. Even then… *sigh*

I keep the ashes now. It comforts me somehow.