Sulky

(I know this probably isn't the proper place to post status's like this, and to keep it on facebook, but this is the most supportive community I have come across, and right now, I need support.)
I was just woken up with the news my 18 year old, childhood cat, Snowball. My best friend, companion, and fur baby had passed away today.
The last few days we desperately watched him deteriorate.
Soon, he just stopped eating, and drinking. He lost control of his own bladder, and became unstable, unable to walk without pain.
We had come to the conclusion that nobody had deserved that sort of pain, and we took him to a clinic to put him down.
It's one of the hardest decisions anyone is forced to make in their life because goodbye's will never be easy.
Just last September we lost our other kitty, Sassy whom we got shortly after Snowball.
I may be stepping away from my art for awhile, or I may drown myself in it, and do art frequently.
I can't really say. 
Both lived tremendous, well pampered, and well spoiled kitty lives, and are in a better place now.


Snowball - left ; Sassy - right;